Standard (EADGBE)

Sonny lives on a farm, on a wide open space

you can take off your sneekers, and give up the race

 you can lay down your head, by a sweet river bed

 But Sonny always remembers, what it was his mama said......

Sonny carries a load, He is barely a man

there aint a-lot 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.....

Chorus

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 feeling so tired, I'm not all that strong.....

Well its 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

 aww but, he still dreams his dreams, full of silver and gold....

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Sonny's dreams can't be real, there just stories he's read

there just stars in his eyes, there just dreams in his head

 and he's hungry inside, for the wide world outside

 and I know i can't hold him, Oh I've tried and I tried and I tried

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