Suede - Shipbuilding lyrics

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