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Sonny don't go away, i am here all alone

And your daddy's a sailor who never comes home

And the nights get so long and the silence goes on

And i'm feelin' so tired, i'm not all that strong



Sonny lives on a farm, on a wide open space

Where you can take off your sneakers

And give up the race

And you can lay down your head

By a sweet river bed

But sonny always remembers

What it was his mama said



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Sonny carries a load, though he's barely a man

There ain't all that to do, still he does what he can

And he watches the sea from a room by the stairs

And the waves keep on rollin'







They've done that for years



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It's a hundred miles to town,

Sonny's never been there

And he goes to the highway

And stands there and stares

And the mail comes at four,

And the mailman is old

Oh but still dreams his dreams

Full of silver and gold



Sonny's dreams can't be real,

They're just storieshe's read

They're just stars in his eyes,

They're just dreams in his head

And he's hungry inside for that wide world outside

And i know i can't hold him though i've tried, and

I've tried, and i've tried



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