Sonny’s Dream

Sonny lives on a farm

On a wide open space

Where you can kick off your sneakers

And give up the race

You can lay down your head

By the sweet riverbed

But Sonny always remembers

What it was his mama said

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 feeling so tired

Not all that strong

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 those waves they keep rolling

They keep rolling for years and years

Na na na na

Oh Sonny's dream

Oh na na na na

Sonny's dreams can't be real

They're just stories he's read

They're just stars in his eyes

They're just dreams in his head

And he's hungry inside

For the wide world outside

And I know I can't hold him

Though I've tried, I've tried

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 feeling so tired

I'm not that strong

Oh, oh Sonny's dream