Lyrics Sonny - Phil Coulter

Sonny lives on a farm in a wide open space.
You can take off your shoes and stay out of the race.
You can lay down your head on a soft leather bed.
Sonny always remembers the words his mother said:

"Sonny don't go away. I'm here all alone.
Your father's a sailor who never comes home.
Nights are so long, the silence goes on.
I'm feeling so tired. I'm not all that strong."

Sonny carries a load though he's barely a man.
He ain't nothing to do but he does what he can.
He sits by the sea in a room by the stairs.
The waves keep on rolling they've done that for years.

"Sonny don't go away. I'm here all alone.
Your father's a sailor who never comes home.
Nights are so long, the silence goes on.
I'm feeling so tired. I'm not all that strong."

'Tis a hundred miles from town, Sonny's never been there.
He walks to the highway and stops there and stares.
The mail comes at four and the mailman is old.
But he still dreams his dreams 'bout silver and gold.

"Sonny don't go away. I'm here all alone.
Your father's a sailor who never comes home.
Nights are so long, the silence goes on.
I'm feeling so tired. I'm not all that strong."

"Sonny don't go away. I'm here all alone.
Your father's a sailor who never comes home.
Nights are so long, the silence goes on.
I'm feeling so tired. I'm not all that strong."

"Sonny don't go away..."