Sonny lives on a farm, in a wide open Take off your shoes, stay out of race Lay down your head, on a soft river bed Sonny always remembers the words Mamma says
[CHORUS:] Sonny don't go away, here all alone Your Daddy's a sailor, never comes home Nights are so long, silence on I'm feeling so tired and not all that strong
Sonny works on land, though he's barely a man There's not much to do but he does what can Sits by his window in his room by the stairs Watching the waves drifting soft on the pier
Many years have rolled on, Sonny's old and alone His Daddy the never came Sometimes he wonders what his life might have been But from the grave Mamma still haunts his dreams
[CHORUS] Sonny don't go away, I'm here all alone Daddy's a sailor, never comes Nights are so long, silence goes on I'm feeling so tired and not all that strong