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