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   Andr I'm just a dreamer who's waiting for ships that never come in   I wonder where they can be