Liam Clancy - Sonnys dream

You can take off your sneakers and ^Cgive up the ^Grace You can ^Dlay down your head by a sweet river bed Sonny ^Calways remembers the words his Mama ^Gsaid^D___

Sonny ^Gdon't go away, I'm here all alone Your daddy's a sailor who ^Cnever comes ^Ghome And the ^Dnights get so long and the silence goes on I'm ^Cfeeling so tired, I'm not all that ^Gstro^Dng

Sonny ^Gcarries a load though he's barely a man There ain't all that much to do, still he ^Cdoes what he ^Gcan And he ^Dwatches the sea from a room by the stairs And the ^Cwaves keep on rolling, they've done that for ^Gyears and for ^Dyears

Sonny ^Gdon't go away, I'm here all alone Your daddy's a sailor who ^Cnever comes ^Ghome And the ^Dnights get so long and the silence goes on I'm ^Cfeeling so tired and I'm not all that ^Gstro^Dng

It's a ^Ghundred miles to town, Sonny's never been there But he goes to the highway and he ^Cstands there and ^Gstares And the ^Dmail comes at four and the mailman is old Sonny ^Cstill dreams his dreams full of silver and ^Ggold_^D__

Sonny's ^Gdreams can't be real, they're just stories he's read They're just stars in his eyes, they're just ^Cdreams in his ^Ghead And he ^Dhungers inside for that wide world outside But he ^Cknows it can't hold him, though he's tried and he's ^Gtried^D___

Sonny ^Gdon't go away, I'm here all alone Your daddy's a sailor who ^Cnever comes ^Ghome And the ^Dnights get so long and the silence goes on I'm ^Cfeeling so tired, I'm not all that ^Gstro^Dng

Sonny ^Gdon't go away, I'm here all alone Your daddy's a sailor who ^Cnever comes ^Ghome And the ^Dnights get so long and the silence goes on I'm ^Cfeeling so tired and I'm not all that ^Gstro^Dng ^{C G}