[Refrão]
C  
Sonny don’t go away, I am here all alone  

C                                              F                C  
And your daddy’s a sailor, who never comes home,  
   
               G  
And the nights get so long, and the silence goes on,  

               F                                       C       G  
And I’m feeling so tired—I’m not all that strong.  


C  
Sonny lives on a farm, in the wide open space,  

C                                        F                                C  
And you can take off your sneakers and give up the race.  

               G  
And you can lay yourself down by a sweet river bed  

          F                                                          C           G  
But Sonny always remembers what it was his mama said,  

and she said  

Chorus 

C  
Sonny caries a load; he is barely a man. 

C                                              F                  C  
There ain’t nothin’ to do, still he does what he can.  

            G  
And he watches the sea from a room by the stairs.   

        F                                                      C         G  
The waves keep on rolling—they’ve done that for years.  

Chorus  

C  
It’s a hundred miles to town. Sonny’s never been there,  

C                                                 F                      C  
Yet he walks to the highway and stands there and stares,  

              G  
And the mail comes at four and the mail man is old  

            F                                                   C  G  
But he still dreams his dreams of silver and gold.  


Chorus 

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C  
Sonny’s dreams can’t be real, they're just stories he's read.  
                                                      F                 C 
They’re just stars in his eyes, just dreams in his head.  
         G  
He is hungry inside for the wild world outside,  
           F                                  C                G  
And I know I can’t hold on, I’ve tried, and I’ve tried, and I’ve tried.  

 Chorus