Sonny lives on a farm, in a wide open space Take off your 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 are so long, silence goes on I'm feeling so tired and not all that strong
works on the land, though he's barely a man There's not much to do but he does what he can Sits by window in his room by the stairs Watching the waves drifting soft on the pier
Many years have rolled on, old and alone His Daddy the sailor, never came home 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 Your Daddy's a never comes home Nights are so silence goes on I'm feeling so tired and not all that strong