I'm Waiting for Ships That Never Come In-Jim Reeves

[ti:I'm Waiting for Ships That Never Come In] [ar:Jim Reeves] [al:A Touch of Velvet: The Signature Series] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.76]I'm waiting for ships that never [00:07.52] [00:08.29]Come in I wonder where they can be [00:16.76] [00:21.55]Life is only a game of poker [00:23.69] [00:24.66]And happiness is the partner [00:26.68] [00:27.71]They deal you five cards in the [00:29.74]Cradle and you play with your [00:32.97]Like it or not [00:34.14] [00:36.50]Some game had a start with [00:37.96]And the game doesn't seem [00:39.40]On the square [00:40.18]When you pick up your cards [00:41.75]And discover you were born [00:43.55]Without even a pair [00:45.19] [00:46.04]But there's no use in kicking [00:48.48] [00:49.15]Nor squawking [00:49.95]Just pick up your cards and [00:51.31]Begin to figure in plan and puzzle [00:53.70] [00:54.84]While fate looks on with a grin [00:57.04] [00:59.53]Some take a chance on bluffing [01:01.45]And stake everything gotthey've [01:02.96]On a little yankee poor flush [01:04.93]And sometimes that wins a plot [01:07.99] [01:09.80]Others will break up openers [01:11.71]To draw for a middle straight [01:14.34]They know the chance they're [01:15.61]Takin' and they learned your [01:17.91]Mistake too late [01:19.03] [01:20.85]Some can't plan crook it [01:22.63]Against all good advice [01:24.26] [01:25.49]But they seldom get away [01:27.02] [01:29.67]With it at the end they've [01:31.42]Paid the price [01:32.31] [01:38.05]The most of us play straight [01:40.25]Poker but I'll tell you boys it's hard [01:44.68]When you're there with both [01:45.95]Ends open and you draw [01:46.91]Can't the winning card [01:48.51] [01:51.67]Now I've always been a loser [01:53.63] [01:55.51]It seems that I never can win [01:57.81] [01:58.51]Andr I'm just a dreamer who's [02:00.73]Waiting for ships that never come in [02:03.42] [02:03.97]I wonder where they can be [02:09.25] [02:12.24]I'm waiting for ships that never come - Jim Reeves