Ships (Where Were You)

Look at him now
Another used man
Wearing the passing of his dignity
With all the courage that he can

He stood in the storm
Carved out in stone
He said I’ve worn my honesty with pride
In everything I’ve done

So where were you when my ship went down
Where were you when I ran aground
Where were you when I turned it around
Where were you when they burned me down

You see her now
Tired and worn
She never thought her life
Would come to be so cold or so alone

She walked in the light
Fought bondage for love
She said I cast off the chains that I was born with
But it never was enough

So where were you when my ship went down
Where were you when I ran aground
Where were you when I turned it around
Where were you when they burned me down

Silent souls washed upon the shores
Left to walk the sands
Evermore, evermore

Oh now were were you
When my ship went down
Look at you now just chasing your life
Make like the savior of the planet
You’re just trying to get by

Now you may walk the line
You may see it all through
But I know you cry yourself to sleep at night
Just wondering what to do

And where were you when my ship went down
Where were you when I ran aground
Where were you when I turned it around
Where were you when they burned me down

And where were you when my ship went down
Where were you when I ran aground
Where were you when I turned it around
Where were you when they burned me down

The radio edit of “Ships” is track 9  1994 RCA US promo compilation CD “A Generation That Once Raised Hell Is Now Raising Kids and This Is The Kind of Music They’re listening To” which features various RCA artists of the day. =The Buffalo Skinner Album version of “Ships” is track 12 on CD #1 of the 2005 2CD compilation “The Alltime Greatest Rock Ballads of the 70s 80s & 90s” (5:00) =. The album version of “Ships” is also track 9 of the 1995 release “Celtic Inspiration” (5:53) =.