Be Bop Deluxe:Ships In The Night

“Ships In The Night”
Artist:	Be Bop Deluxe
Albums:	Sunburst Finish (1976) The Best Prog Rock Album in the World ... Ever (2003)

Album version

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Like a square peg in a round hole
Like a harp without its strings
Like a sailor who sails no oceans
Like a bird that has no wings

(Without love)
I am a desert
(Without love)
My light is dim
(Without love)
I have no treasures
(Without love)
I cannot win

Without love
We are like ships in the night
Without love
Selling our souls down the river
Sailing away
And forever
Our pleasure is blue

Like a dream that has no dreamer
(Like a dream)
Like a cloud without a sky
(Like a cloud)
Like a truth with no believer
(Like a truth)
Like a mother without a child

Without love I have no pleasures
Without love my light is dim
Without love I have no treasures
Without love my chance is slim

Without love
We are like ships in the night
Without love
Selling our souls down the river
Sailing away
And forever
Our pleasure is blue

Single version

Like a square peg in a round hole
Like a harp without its strings
Like a sailor who sails no oceans
Like a bird that has no wings

(Without love)
I am a desert
(Without love)
My light is dim
(Without love)
I have no treasures
(Without love)
I cannot win

Without love
We are like ships in the night
Without love
Selling our souls down the river
Sailing away
And forever
Our pleasure is blue

Like a dream that has no dreamer
(Like a dream)
Like a cloud without a sky
(Like a cloud)
Like a truth with no believer
(Like a truth)
Like a mother without a child

Without love I have no pleasures (Without love)
Without love my light is dim
Without love I have no treasures (Without love)
Without love my chance is slim

Without love
We are like ships in the night
Without love
Selling our souls down the river
Sailing away
And forever
Our pleasure is blue

(Instrumental break)