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