Sonny don't go away, I'm here all alone,
your Daddy's a sailor, never comes home.
Nights are so long, silence goes on,
I'm feeling so tired and not all that strong.
Sonny lives on a farm, on a wide open space,
take off your shoes, stay out of the race.
Lay down your head, by the soft river bed,
Sonny always remembers the words Mamma said.
Sonny don't go away, I'm here all alone,
your Daddy's a sailor, never comes home.
Nights are so long, silence goes on,
I'm feeling so tired and not all that strong.
Sonny works the land, though he's barely a man,
there's not much to do, but he does what he can.
He sits by the window of his room on the stairs,
watching the waves gently wash on the pier.
Many years have passed on, Sonny's old and alone,
his Daddy, the sailor, never came home.
Sometimes he wonders what his life might have been,
but from the grave Mamma still haunts his dreams.
Sonny don't go away, I'm here all alone,
your Daddy's a sailor, never comes home.
Nights are so long, silence goes on,
I'm feeling so tired and not all that strong.
Sonny, don't go away.