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

[Sang] 

I'm waiting for ships that never come in. 

I wonder where they can be? 

[Spoken] 

Life is only a game of poker 

And happiness is the partner 

They deal you five cards in the cradle 

And you play wether your like it or not. 

Some get a pat hand to start with 

And the game doesn't seem on the square 

When you look at your hand and discover 

You were born without even a pair. 

But there's no use in kicking or squawking 

Just pick up your cards and begin 

To figure and plan and puzzle 

While fate looks on with a grin. 

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Some take a chance at bluffing 

And stake everything they've got 

On a little dinky little poor flush 

And sometimes that wins a plot. 

Others will break up openers 

To draw for a middle straight 

They know what a chance they're takin' 

And they learned their mistake, too late. 

Some can't play crooked 

Against all good advice 

But they seldom get away with it 

And in the end they've paid the price. 

The most of us play straight poker 

But I'll tell you boys it's hard 

When you're there with both ends open 

And you can't draw the winning card 

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Now, I've always been a loser 

It seems that I never can win 

And I'm just a dreamer who's waiting 

For ships that never come in. 

[Sang] 

I wonder, where they can be?..