Sonny's Dream lyrics - Corey Hart & Alan Doyle

(originally by Ron Hynes)

Sonny lives on a farm on a wide open space

Where you can kick off your snickers and give up the race

You could lay down your head by the sweet river bed

But Sonny always remembers what it was his Mama said

Oh, Sonny don't go away, I am here all alone

And your daddy's a sailor who never comes home

When the nights get so long and the silence goes on

And I'm feeling so tired, not all that strong

Sonny carries a load though he's barely a man

There ain't all that to do, still he does what he can

And he watches the sea from a room by the stairs

And those waves, they keep rollin', they keep rollin' for years and years

Oh, Sonny's dream...

Sonny's dreams can't be real, they're just stories he's read

They're just stars in his eyes, they're just dreams in his head

And he's hungry inside for the wide world outside

And I know I can't hold him though I've tried and I've tried

Sonny don't go away, I am here all alone

And your daddy's a sailor who never comes home

When the nights get so long and the silence goes on

And I'm feeling so tired, I'm not that strong

Oh, Sonny's dream...