C Sonny don?t go away, I am here all alone C F C And your daddy?s a sailor, who never comes home G And the nights get so long, and the silence goes on F C G And I?m feeling so tired, I?m not all that strong - - - C Sonny lives on a farm, in the wide open space C F C And you can take off your sneakers, and give up the race G And you can lay yourself down, by a sweet river bed F C G But Sonny always remembers, what it was his mama said, and she said - - - C Sonny don?t go away, I am here all alone C F C And your daddy?s a sailor, who never comes home G And the nights get so long, and the silence goes on F C G And I?m feeling so tired, I?m not all that strong - - - C Sonny caries a load, He is barely a man C F C There ain?t nothin? to do, still he does what he can G And he watches the sea from a room by the stairs F C G The waves keep on rollin' they?ve done that for years - - - C Sonny don?t go away, I am here all alone C F C And your daddy?s a sailor, who never comes home G And the nights get so long, and the silence goes on F C G And I?m feeling so tired, I?m not all that strong - - - C It?s a hundred miles to town, Sonny?s never been there C F C Yet he walks to the highway and stands there and stares G And the mail comes at four and the mail man is old F C G But he still dreams his dreams of silver and gold - - - C Sonny don?t go away, I am here all alone C F C And your daddy?s a sailor, who never comes home G And the nights get so long, and the silence goes on F C G And I?m feeling so tired, I?m not all that strong - - - C Sonny?s dreams can?t be real They?re just stories he?s read They?re just stars in his eyes F C Just dreams in his head G He is hungry inside for the wild world outside F C G And I know I can?t hold on, I?ve tried, and I?ve tried, and I?ve tried - - - C Sonny don?t go away, I am here all alone C F C And your daddy?s a sailor, who never comes home G And the nights get so long, and the silence goes on F C G And I?m feeling so tired, I?m not all that strong
