Ships Lyrics - No Place Like Home - Big Country

Look at him now 

Another used man 

Wearing the passing of his dignity 

With all the courage that he can 

He stood in the storm 

Carved out in stone 

He said I've worn my honesty with pride 

In everything I've done 

So where were you when my ship went down 

Where were you when I ran aground 

Where were you when I turned it around 

Where were you when they burned me down 

So where were you when my ship went down 

Where were you when I ran aground 

Where were you when I turned it around 

Where were you when they burned me down 

Look at her now 

All tired and worn 

She never thought her life 

Would come to be so cold or so alone 

She walked in the light 

Fought bondage for love 

She said I cast off the chains that I was born with 

But it never was enough 

And where were you when my ship went down 

Where were you when I ran aground 

Where were you when I turned it around 

Where were you when they burned me down 

Silent souls washed upon the shores 

Left to walk the sands 

Evermore, evermore 

Oh now where were you 

When my ship went down 

Look at us now, just chasing our lives 

Make like the saviors of the planet 

We're just trying to get by 

You may walk the line 

Now you may see it all through 

I know you cry yourself to sleep at night 

Just wondering what to do 

And where were you when my ship went down 

Where were you when I ran aground 

Where were you when I turned it around 

Where were you when they burned me down 

And where were you when my ship went down 

Where were you when I ran aground 

Where were you when I turned it around 

Where were you when they burned me down 

Oh now where were you 

When my ship went down 

Where were you when my ship went down 

Where were you when I ran aground 

Where were you when I turned it around 

Where were you when they burned me down