Sonny lives on a farm, in a wide open space

Take off your shoes, stay out of the race

Lay down your head, on a soft river bed

Sonny always remembers the words Mamma says



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Sonny 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 feeling so tired and not all that strong



Sonny works on the land, though he's 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 the waves drifting soft on the pier



Many years have rolled on, Sonny's old and alone

His Daddy the sailor, never came home

Sometimes he wonders what his life might have been

But from the grave Mamma still haunts his dreams



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