Shipbuilding

Is it worth it?
When you get a coat and shoes for the wife.
And a bicycle on the boy's birthday.
It's just a rumor that's been spread around town
By the women and children.
Soon we'll be shipbuilding

Well I ask you
The boy said that they're going to take me to task.
But I'll be back by Christmas
It's just a rumor that's been spread around town
Somebody said that someone got filled in
For sayin' that people get killed in
The result of this shipbuilding

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 town
The telegram on a picture postcard
Within weeks they'll be reopening the shipyard
And notifying the next-of-kin
Once again
It's all we're skilled in
We will be shipbuilding
With all the will in the world
Diving for dear life
When we could be diving for pearls.

It's all we're skilled in
We will be shipbuilding
With all the will in the world
Diving for dear life
When we could be diving for pearls.
When we could be diving for pearls.
When we could be diving for pearls.