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Artist: Robert Cray
Canonical path: /robert-cray/sonny
Related lyric paths: 6
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Sonny
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Sonny
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Sonny was my best friend
He got called to Vietnam
Sonny was my best friend
He went away to Vietnam
Said, "Watch out for my wife and baby"
"And I'll count on you when I'm gone."
I looked it every day
Just like Sonny said
Ohhh, and I'm not sure just when
We both lost our heads
Then I'd hang around at night
And fill her lonely, lonely bed
(Painful guitar solo)
Sonny made it home
And he's proud of what he's done
Ohhh, but he can't walk too good, no
And he'll never see the sun
And his pain is just beginning
I'm so ashamed of what I've done
Sonny's pain is just beginning
I'm so ashamed of what I've done
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Robert Cray performs "Sonny", and this lyric page sits inside the Robert Cray catalog on LyroVerse.
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