I'm Waiting For The Ships That Never Come In Lyrics

I'm waiting for ships that never come in I wonder where they can be Life is only a game of poker and happiness is the partner They 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 you were born without even a pair But there's no use in kicking nor squawking Just pick up your cards and begin to figure in plan and puzzle While fate looks on with a grin Some take a chance on bluffing and stake everything they've got On a little Yankee poor flush and sometimes that wins a plot Others will break up openers to draw for a middle straight They know the chance they're takin' and they learned your mistake too late 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 The most of us play straight poker but I'll tell you boys it's hard When you're there with both ends open and you can't draw the winning card Now I've always been a loser it seems that I never can win And I'm just a dreamer who's waiting for ships that never come in I wonder where they can be