Shipbuilding

Is it worth it?
The new winter coat and shoes for the wife
And a bicycle on the boy's birthday?

It's just a rumor that was spread around town
By the women and children
Soon we'll be shipbuilding

Well, I ask you
The boys said that they're gonna take me to task
But I'll be back by Christmas

It's just a rumor that was spread around town
Somebody said that someone got filled in
For saying that people get killed in
The result of this shipbuilding

With all the wail in the world
Diving for dear life
When we could be diving for pearls

It's just a rumor that was spread around town
A telegram or a big chipped postcard
Within weeks they'll be reopening the shipyards
And notifying the next of kin
Once again
It's always killed in
We will be shipbuilding

With all the wail in the world
Diving for dear life
When we could be diving for pearls

It's just a rumor that was spread around town