Ships That Don`t Come In Lyrics

Ships That Don`t Come In

I could tell he'd had a tough life

By the way he sat and stared

And me,
I'd come to push and shove

So I pulled up a chair.



We talked of
roads untraveled 

We talked of love untrue 

Of strings that come
unraveled 

We were kings and kindred fools

And just when I'd hit
bottom

That old man raised his glass 

And said at least we had our
chances

There's those who never have.



So here's to all the
soldiers 

Who have ever died in vain 

The insane locked up in
themselves

The homeless down on Main

To those who stand on empty
shores

And spit against the wind

And those who wait forever 

For
ships that don't come in.



He said it's only life's illusions 

That
bring us to this bar 

To pick up these old crutches 

And compare each
other's scars 

'Cuz the things we're calling heartache 

Hell, they're
hardly worth our time 

We bitch about a dollar 

When there's those
without a dime. 



And as he ordered one last round 

He said I guess
we can't complain 

God made life a gamble

And we're still in the
game.



So here's to all the soldiers 

Who have ever died in vain


The insane locked up in themselves

The homeless down on Main

To
those who stand on empty shores

And spit against the wind

And those who
wait forever 

For ships that don't come in.