Karaoké Sonny Mary Black & Emmylou Harris & Dolores Keane

Sonny don't go away

Sonny don't go away

I'm here all alone

I'm here all alone

Your Daddy's a sailor

Your Daddy's a sailor

Never comes home

Never comes home

Nights are so long

Nights are so long

Silence goes on

Silence goes on

I'm feelin' so tired

I'm feelin' so tired and not all that strong and not all that strong

Sonny lives on a farm in a far distant place

Take off your shoes

Stay out of the race

Lay down your head by the soft river bed

Sonny always remembers the words Mama said

Sonny don't go away

Sonny don't go away

I'm here all alone

I'm here all alone

Your Daddy's a sailor

Your Daddy's a sailor

Never comes home

Never comes home

Nights are so long

Nights are so long

Silence goes on

Silence goes on

I'm feelin' so tired

I'm feelin' so tired and not all that strong and not all that strong

Sonny lives all alone though he's barely a man

There's not much to do but he does what he can

Sits by his window in his room by the stairs

Watchin' the waves driftin' soft on the pier

Sonny don't go away

Sonny don't go away

I'm here all alone

I'm here all alone

Your Daddy's a sailor

Your Daddy's a sailor

Never comes home

Never comes home

Nights are so long

Nights are so long

Silence goes on

Silence goes on

I'm feelin' so tired

I'm feelin' so tired and not all that strong 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 have been

Still from the grave

Mama's voice haunts his dreams

Sonny don't go away

Sonny don't go away

I'm here all alone

I'm here all alone

Your Daddy's a sailor

Your Daddy's a sailor

Never comes home

Never comes home

Nights are so long

Nights are so long

Silence goes on

Silence goes on

I'm feelin' so tired

I'm feelin' so tired and not all that strong and not all that strong

Sonny don't go away

Sonny don't go away