Sonny's Dream Songtext
von Ron Hynes

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
In a far distant place
Take off your shoes
Stay out of the race
Lay down your head
By the soft river bed
Sonny always remembers
The words mama 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
He does what he can
Sits by his window
In his room by the stairs
Watching the waves
Gently wash o′er the pier

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


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
Still from the grave
Mammy′s voice 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