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Sonny don't go away, i am here all alone |
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And your daddy's a sailor who never comes home |
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And the nights get so long and the silence goes on |
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And i'm feelin' so tired, i'm not all that strong |
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Sonny lives on a farm, on a wide open space |
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Where you can take off your sneakers |
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And give up the race |
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And you can lay down your head |
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By a sweet river bed |
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But sonny always remembers |
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What it was his mama said |
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Sonny carries a load, though he's barely a man |
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There ain't all that to do, still he does what he can |
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And he watches the sea from a room by the stairs |
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And the waves keep on rollin' |
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They've done that for years |
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It's a hundred miles to town, |
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Sonny's never been there |
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And he goes to the highway |
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And stands there and stares |
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And the mail comes at four, |
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And the mailman is old |
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Oh but still dreams his dreams |
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Full of silver and gold |
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Sonny's dreams can't be real, |
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They're just storieshe's read |
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They're just stars in his eyes, |
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They're just dreams in his head |
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And he's hungry inside for that wide world outside |
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And i know i can't hold him though i've tried, and |
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I've tried, and i've tried |
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