Ships Go Out - Tom T. Hall

Ships go out I see them every day

Ships go out I watch them sail away

And on the decks I see my smiling friends

Ships go out but they never do come in

Ships go out I watch them disappear

Ships go out and leave me standing here

And I don’t know if that’s where life begins

Ships go out but they never do come in

When life is cheap it never seems to last

When life is sweet it seems to go too fast

So on the dock I tell the idle wind

Ships go out but they never do come in

Ships go out onto the seas so high

Ships go out beneath an endless sky

And on the shore is where their stories end

Ships go out but they never do come in

When life is cheap it never seems to last…

Ships go out