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T:Sonny's Dream
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w:1.Son-ny 
w:2.Son-ny
w:3.And~it's a 
w:4.Son-ny's 
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w:lives on a farm_ on a wide o-pen space_ where you can 
w:car-ries a load_ though he's bare-ly a man_ There_ ain't 
w:hundred miles to town,_ Son-ny's ne-ver been there_ And_ he 
w:dreams can't be real,_ they're just sto-ries he's read_ They're_ just 
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w:take off your snea-kers and give up the race; You can_
w:all much to do, still he does what he can; And_ he 
w:goes to the high-way and stands there and stares; And_ the 
w:stars in his eyes, they're just dreams in his head; And_ he's 
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w:lay down your head by a sweet riv-er bed, But Son-ny 
w:wat-ches the sea from a room by the stairs. _ And the 
w:mail comes at four and the mail-man is old. Oh, but he 
w:hun-gry in-side for the wide world out-side. _ And I 
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w:al-ways re-mem-bers what it was his Mam-ma said___ Chorus:~Son-ny
w:waves keep on rol-lin', they've_ done_ that for years___
w:still dreams his dreams_ full of sil-_ver and gold___
w:know I can't hold him though I've tried_ and I've tried___
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w:don't go a-way,_ I am here all a-lone_ And_ your 
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w:dad-dy's a sai-lor who ne-ver comes home; And_ the 
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w:nights get so long and the si-lence goes on. _ And I'm 
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w:feel-ing so ti-red, I'm_ not_ all that strong___



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