Is it worth it?
A new winters coat and shoes for the wife
And a bicycle on the boy's birthday
It's just a rumour that was spread around town
By the women and children, soon we'll be shipbuilding
Well, I asked her
The boy said 'Dad, they're going to take me to task
But I'll be back by Christmas'
It's just a rumour that was spread around town
Somebody said that someone got filled in
For saying that people get k**ed in
The results of their shipbuilding
With all the will in the world
Diving for dear lives
When we could be diving for pearls
It's just a rumour that was spread around town
A telegram or a picture postcard
Within weeks we'll be reopening the shipyard
A notefying the next of kin once again
Oh, it's all we're sk**ed in
We will be shipbuilding
With all the will in the world
Diving for dear lives
When we could be diving for pearls