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Ships That Don't Come In - Joe Diffie
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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
And said at least we've 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 heartaches
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
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