Sonny's Dream

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Sonny dont go away, I am here all alone

And your daddys a sailor who never comes home

And the nights get so long and the silence goes on

And Im feelin so tired, Im not all that strong

Sonny lives on a farm, on a wide open space

Where you can take off your sneakers

And give up the race

And you can lay down your head

By a sweet river bed

But sonny always remembers

What it was his mama said

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Sonny carries a load, though hes barely a man

There aint all that to do, still he does what he can

And he watches the sea from a room by the stairs

And the waves keep on rollin

Theyve done that for years

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Its a hundred miles to town,

Sonnys never been there

And he goes to the highway

And stands there and stares

And the mail comes at four,

And the mailman is old

Oh but still dreams his dreams

Full of silver and gold

Sonnys dreams cant be real,

Theyre just storieshes read

Theyre just stars in his eyes,

Theyre just dreams in his head

And hes hungry inside for that wide world outside

And I know I cant hold him though Ive tried, and

Ive tried, and Ive tried

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