Sonny's Dream Ron Hynes (As Sung by McGinty)
[C]Sonny lives on a farm, on a wide open space
[C]you can take off your sneekers, and[F] give up th[C]e race
you can [G]lay down your head, by a sweet river bed
But Sonny a[F]lways remembers, what it was his mama [C]sai[G]d......
[C]Sonny carries a load, though he's barely a man
[C]there ain't all that to do, still he[F] does what he [C]can
and he w[G]atches the sea, from a room by the stairs
and the [F]waves keep on rollin, they've done that for [C]year[G]s.....
Chorus
[C]Sonny don't go away, I am here all alone
[C]and your Daddy's a sailor who [F]never comes [C]home
and the [G]nights get so long, and the silence goes on
and I'[F]m feeling so tired, I'm not all that s[C]tron[G]g.....
[D]Well its a hundred miles to town, Sonny's never been there
[D]and he goes to the highway and [G]stands there and [D]stares
and the [A]mail comes at four, and the mailman is old
ah but he[G] still dreams his dreams full of silver and [D]gol[A]d....
(Chorus) ((Substitute D for C, G for F, and A for G))
[D]Sonny's dreams can't be real, they're just stories he's read
[D]they're just stars in his eyes, they're just [G]dreams in his h[D]ead
and he's h[A]ungry inside, for the wide world outside
and I kn[G]ow I can't hold him, though I've tried and I t[D]ried and I [A]tried
(Chorus) X 2((Substitute D for C, G for F, and A for G))
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