Ships That Don't Come In-Joe Diffie

[ti:Ships That Don't Come In] [ar:Joe Diffie] [al:The Essential Joe Diffie] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Ships That Don't Come In - Joe Diffie [00:16.40]I could tell he'd had a tough life [00:20.53]By the way he sat and stared [00:23.65] [00:25.34]And me I'd come to push and shove [00:27.78] [00:28.78]So I pulled up a chair [00:31.61] [00:32.92]We talked of roads untraveled [00:36.99]We talked of love untrue [00:40.30] [00:40.98]Of strings that come unraveled [00:44.79]We were kings and kindred fools [00:48.53] [00:49.16]And just when I'd hit bottom [00:53.09]That old man raised his glass [00:56.89]And said at least we had our chances [01:01.23]There's those who never have [01:05.29]So here's to all the soldiers [01:09.11]Who have ever died in vain [01:13.45]The insane locked up in themselves [01:17.50]The homeless down on Main [01:21.56]To those who stand on empty shores [01:25.56]And spit against the wind [01:29.67]And those who wait forever [01:33.66]For ships that don't come in [01:38.16] [01:43.43]He said it's only life's illusions [01:47.88]That bring us to this bar [01:50.32] [01:51.95]To pick up these old crutches [01:55.69]And compare each other's scars [01:58.31] [01:59.75]'Cause the things we're calling heartache [02:04.11]Hell they're hardly worth our time [02:06.67] [02:08.67]We b**ch about a dollar [02:10.23] [02:11.91]When there's those without a dime [02:14.86] [02:15.99]And as he ordered one last round [02:19.06]He said I guess we can't complain [02:24.57]God made life a gamble [02:28.45]And we're still in the game [02:32.38]So here's to all the soldiers [02:36.25]Who have ever died in vain [02:40.56]The insane locked up in themselves [02:44.55]The homeless down on Main [02:48.67]To those who stand on empty shores [02:52.68]And spit against the wind [02:56.75]And those who wait forever [03:00.77]For ships that don't come in [03:06.89]And those who wait forever [03:12.32] [03:12.94]For ships that don't come in