I'm Waiting For Ships That Never Come In

I'm Waiting For Ships That Never Come In - Ernest Tubb

I'm waiting for ships that never come in

Just watching and waiting in vain

It seems that life's stormy sea holds nothing for me

But broken dreams and shattered schemes

With each new day's dawning

I try to pretend one more tomorrow

And waiting will end

I'm waiting for ships that never come in

I wonder where they can be

Now life is only a game of poker

And happiness is the pot

They'd deal you five cards in the cradle

And you play with your like it or not

Now some game had a start with

And the game doesn't seem on the square

When you pick up your cards and discover

That you were born without even a pair

Now some take a chance on bluffing

And stake everything they've got

On a little yankee poor flush

And sometimes that wins a plot

While others will break up openers

To draw for a middle straight

Why they know the chance they are taking

But they learned your mistake too late

Now some can't plan crook it against all good advice

But they seldom get away with it at the end

They've paid the price

Now me I've always been a loser

Why it seems I never can win

I'm just a dreamer

Who's waiting for ships that never come in

I'm waiting for ships that never come in

I wonder where they can be