Ernest Tubb - I'm Waiting for Ships That Never Come In lyrics

I'm waiting for ships that never come in just watching and waiting in vain It seems that life's stormy sea holds nothing for me But broken dreams and shattered schemes With each new day's dawning I try to pretend one more tomorrow and waiting will end I'm waiting for ships that never come in I wonder where they can be Now life is only a game of poker and happiness is the pot They'd deal you five cards in the cradle and you play with your like it or not Some game had a start with and the game doesn't seem on the square When you pick up your cards and discover that you were born without even a pair Now some take a chance on bluffing and stake everything they've got On a little yankee poor flush and sometimes that wins a plot While others will break up openers to draw for a middle straight Why they know the chance they are taking but they learned your mistake too late Now some can't plan crook it against all good advice But they seldom get away with it at the end they've paid the price Now me I've always been a loser why it seems I never can win I'm just a dreamer who's waiting for ships that never come in I'm waiting for ships that never come in I wonder where they can be