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
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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 rolling—they’ve done that for years.
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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.
Chorus
- - -
C
Sonny’s dreams can’t be real, they're just stories he's read.
F C
They’re just stars in his eyes, 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.
Chorus