I'm Waiting For Ships That Never Come In Lyrics - 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 

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