Mark Mulcahy - Shipbuilding lyrics

Is it worth it? A 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 For the women and children Soon we'll be shipbuilding And while I ask you And the boy said: Oh they're going to take me to task But I'll be back by Christmas It's just a rumor that they spread around And somebody said: I heard that someone got filled in For saying we could get get k**ed in As a result of the shipbuilding And with all the will in the world Diving for dear life When we could be diving for pearls It's just a rumor that's been spread around A telegram or a picture postcard Within weeks they'll be re-opening the shipyards And notifying the next of kin...once again And with all the will in the world Diving for dear life Diving for dear life When we could be diving for pearls