Sonny’s dream
Music and lyrics: Ron Hynes
Sonny works on a farm, in a wide open space
Take off your shoes, stay out of the race
Lay down your head, on a soft riverbed
Sonny always remembers the words Mamma said
Sonny don’t go away, I’m here all alone
Your Daddy’s a sailor, never comes home
Nights are so long and silence goes on
I’m feeling so tired and not all that strong
Sonny works the land, though he’s barely a man
There´s not much to do but he does what he can
He sits by the window in his room by the stairs
Watching the waves gently wash on the pier
Many years have passed on, Sonny’s old and alone
His Daddy the sailor never came home
Sometimes he wonders what his life might have been
And from the grave Mamma still haunts his dream