Sonny lives on a farm

In a wide open space

Take off your shoes

Stay out of the rain

Lay down your head

On a soft riverbed

Sonny always remembers

The words Mama said

Sonny' don't go away

I'm here all alone

Your daddy is 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 rolled on

Sonny's old and alone

His daddy' the sailor

Never came home

Sometimes he wonders

What his life might've been

Still from the grave

Mama's voice haunts his dreams

Sonny' don't go away

I'm here all alone

Your daddy' the 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