Ships That Don't Come In

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'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
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 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