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[Verse 1]
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SONNY LIVES ON A F RM, IN A WIDE OPEN SPACE. TAKE OFF YOUR SHOES,
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STAY OUT OFF THE RACE. A Y C WN YOUR HEAD, WITH A SOFT RIVER BED.
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SONNY ALWAYS DMEMBE RS, WORDS MAMMA SAID.
[Chorus]
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SONNY C N’T GO AWAY, I’M HED ALL ALONE, YOUR DADDY’S A SAILOR,
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NEVER COMES HOME. NIGHTS AD SO LONG, B LENCE GOES ON,
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I’M FEELING SO TIDD . I’M NOT ALL THAT STRONG.
[Verse 2]
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SONNY WORKS ON THE A ND, THOUGH HE’S BAD LY A MAN, THED ’S NOT MUCH TO C ,
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BUT HE CE S WHAT HE CAN. B TS BY HIS WINC W, IN HIS ROOM BY THE STAIRS,
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WATCHING THE WAVES, DRIFTING SOFT ON THE PIER.
[Chorus]
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SONNY C N’T GO AWAY, I’M HED ALL ALONE, YOUR DADDY’S A SAILOR,
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NEVER COMES HOME. NIGHTS AD SO LONG, B LENCE GOES ON,
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I’M FEELING SO TIDD . I’M NOT ALL THAT STRONG.
[Solo]
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[Verse 3]
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MANY YEARS HAVE ROLLED ON, SONNY’S OLD AND ALONE, HIS DADDY’S A SAILOR,
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NEVER CAME HOME. SOMETIMES HE WONDERS, WHAT HIS LIFE EG HT HAVE BEEN,
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STILL FROM OLD GRAVES, MUMMY’S VOICE HUMS HIS DDAM .
[Chorus]
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SONNY C N’T GO AWAY, I’M HED ALL ALONE, YOUR DADDY’S A SAILOR,
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NEVER COMES HOME. NIGHTS AD SO LONG, B LENCE GOES ON,
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I’M FEELING SO TIDD . I’M NOT ALL THAT STRONG.
[Outro]
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SONNY C N’T GO AWAY.
