Musical Map of Newfoundland and Labrador

SONNY'S DREAM - Ron Hynes

Sonny lives on a farm on a wide open space
Where you can take off your sneakers and give up the race,
You can lay down your head by a sweet river bed,
But Sonny always remembers what it was his Mama said.

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 the waves keep on rollin', they've done that for years.

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Oh, Sonny don't go away, I am here all alone,
And your daddy's a sailor who never comes home;
And the nights get so long and the silence goes on,
And I'm feeling so tired, I'm not all that strong.

It's a hundred miles to town, Sonny's never been there,
And he goes to the highway and stands there and stares;
And the mail comes at four and the mailman is old,
But he still dreams his dreams full of silver and gold.

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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.

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