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by Owsley


Owsley - Sonny Boy


                 
Take Sonny, he's a real go-getter
                  
A regular man about town
                           
He's got the world revolving around the music
                          
And keeping his ear to the ground

                         
He falls asleep behind his dark sunglasses
                            
And whispers the words with a smile
               
D I double G, I love ya, baby
                          
I ain't seen your face in awhile


She ain't keeping score, he don't owe her anything

But she ain't gonna sit around

Waiting for the phone to ring

Chorus:
                               
Sonny Boy, don't take your toys away
                
Save them for a rainy day, yea, yea, yea
                               
An IOU could break her heart in two
                         
She thought you were the real McCoy, Sonny Boy

   

                           
He's got his servant and his own dumbwaiter
                           
To answer the phone when you call
                   
Sorry, Sonny's underneath the weather
                      
Try him back later next fall

                         
The boss called him out to California
                        
Let Hollywood make you a star
                    
Now he's on the Music Television
                       
And driving a Cadillac car


Funny how fame and money does what it can

To bring about change in the boy

The clothes don't make the man

Chorus:
                               
Sonny Boy, don't take your toys away
                
Save them for a rainy day, yea, yea, yea
                               
An IOU could break her heart in two
                         
She thought you were the real McCoy, Sonny Boy

          
    oooh oh oh
                                              
It's a game you just can't win          Ooooh oh oh
                                 
Though it never will be the same again
 
Fair-weather friend

         ,         ...    

                             
I don't think we've heard the last of Sonny
                         
He can't get it off of his mind
                              
He wants to laugh, but he don't think it's funny
                          
A conscience can turn on a dime


When he was a boy, they taught him the Golden Rule
                           
Take him for anything, but don't take him for a fool

Chorus:
                               
Sonny Boy, don't take your toys away
                
Save them for a rainy day, yea, yea, yea
                               
An IOU could break her heart in two
                         
She thought you were the real McCoy, Sonny Boy