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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 rumour 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 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 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 rumour that was spread around town
A telegram or a picture postcard
Within weeks they'll be re-opening 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
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Shipbuilding |
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Written by | Elvis Costello & Clive Langer |
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Performed by | Robert Wyatt |
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Produced by | Clangwinstello (Clive Langer, Alan Winstanley and Elvis Costello) |
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Musicians | Robert Wyatt - percussion, vocal Clive Langer - organ Steve Nieve - piano Mark Bedford - double bass Martin Hughes - drums Elvis Costello - backing vocals, (guitar)
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Recorded | 1982-07-23, Eden Studios |
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Released | 1982-08 |
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Singles | Shipbuilding |
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Collections | Nothing Can Stop Us (reissue), 1983 - 1982-1984 Late '70's - Early '80's, 1985 Compilation, 1990 Eps (5CD box set), 1999 |
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Various Artists collections | Clear Cut 5, 1983 - A Strange Kind Of Love, 1990 A Historical Debt, 1991 Bespoke Songs, Lost Dogs, Detours & Rendezvous, 1998 Classics From John Peel's All-Time Festive Fifty, 2006 Rare Trax Vol. 56, 2008 |
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Promos | Boxerpts, 1999 UK Elvis Costello, 2002 UK Elvis Costello (2006), 2006 |
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Videos | YouTube |
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Length | 3:06 |
see also: Shipbuilding (Elvis Costello)
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