Lyrics:

(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 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 (Chorus) 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 (Chorus) 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 (Chorus)