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Artist: Mark Mulcahy
Canonical path: /mark-mulcahy/shipbuilding
Related lyric paths: 6
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Shipbuilding
Read Shipbuilding lyrics by Mark Mulcahy on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Shipbuilding
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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 spread around that they
And somebody said: I heard that someone got filled in
For saying we could get get killed 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
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