Ships That Don't Come In

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I COULD TELL HE HAD A TOUGH LIFE,  
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BY THE WAY HE SAT AND STARED 
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AND ME, I'D COME TO PUSH AND SHOVE,  
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SO I PULLED UP I CHAIR 
 

G 
WE TALKED OF ROADS UNTRAVELED,  
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WE TALKED OF LOVE UNTRUE 
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OF STRINGS THAT COME UNRAVELED,  
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WE WERE KINGS AND KINDRED FOOLS 
 

    Am7  
AND JUST WHEN I HIT BOTTOM,  
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THAT OLD MAN RAISES HIS GLASS. 
                  Am7 
AND SAID AT LEAST WE'VE HAD OUR CHANCES,   
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THERES THOSE WHO NEVER HAVE 


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SO HERES TO ALL THE SOLDIERS, WHO HAVE EVER DIED IN VANE 
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THE INSANE LOCKED UP IN THEMSELVES, THE HOMLESS DOWN ON MAIN 
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TO THOSE WHO STAND ON EMPTY SHORES, AND SPIT AGAINST THE WIND 
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AND THOSE WHO WAIT FOREVER,  FOR SHIPS THAT DON'T COME IN. 
 
 
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HE SAID ITS ONLY LIFES ILLUSIONS, 
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THAT BRING US TO THIS BAR 
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TO PICK UP THESE OLD CRUTCHES, 
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AND COMPARE EACH OTHERS SCARS 
 
 
G 
CAUSE THE THING WERE CALLING HEARTACHE,  
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HELL, THERE HARLDLY WORTH OUR TIME  
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WE'D BITCH ABOUT A DOLLAR, 
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WHEN THERES THOSE WITHOUT A DIME 
 

      Am7 
AS HE ORDERED ONE LAST ROUND HE SAID, 
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I GUESS WE CAN'T COMPLAIN 
         Am7 
GOD MADE LIFE A GAMBLE 
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AND WERE STILL IN THE GAME