[ti:I'm Waiting for the Ships That Never Come In] [ar:Jim Reeves] [al:The Country Collection Vol. 2] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]I'm Waiting for the Ships That Never Come In - Jim Reeves (吉姆·里夫斯) [00:00.38]Written by:Abe Olman / Jack Yellen [00:00.76]I'm waiting for ships that never come in I wonder where they can be [00:21.56]Life is only a game of poker and happiness is the partner [00:27.71]They deal you five cards in the cradle [00:31.47]And you play with your like it or not [00:36.53]Some game pad had a start with and the game doesn't seem on the square [00:40.06]When you pick up your cards and discover you were born without even a pair [00:45.95]But there's no use in kicking nor squawking [00:49.10]Just pick up your cards and begin to figure in plan and puzzle [00:54.61]While fate looks on with a grin [00:59.52]Some take a chance on bluffing and stake everything they've got [01:02.83]On a little yankee poor flush and sometimes that wins a plot [01:09.85]Others will break up openers to draw for a middle straight [01:14.23]They know the chance they're takin' and they learned your mistake too late [01:20.83]Some can't whole play crook it against all good advice [01:25.53]But they seldom get away with it at the end they've paid the price [01:38.02]The most of us play straight poker but I'll tell you boys it's hard [01:44.68]When you're there with both ends open and you can't draw the winning card [01:51.77]Now I've always been a loser it seems that I never can win [01:58.48]Andr I'm just a dreamer who's waiting for ships that never come in [02:03.88]I wonder where they can be