Ships That Don't Come In Lyrics - Singles - Joe Diffie

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 

'Cause 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 

And those who wait forever 

For ships that don't come in