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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Aoife Nessa Frances
Performer
Hollow Hand
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Clive Langer
Composer
Elvis Costello
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Brendan Jenkinson
Producer
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 town
By the women and children
Soon we'll be shipbuilding
Well, I ask you
The boy said, ""Dad, they're going to take me to task
But I'll be home 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
As a result of their 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 was spread around town
A telegram for 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
Writer(s): Elvis Costello, Clive William Langer
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