A new winter coat and shoes for the wife
And a bicycle on the boys birthday
Its just a rumour that was spread around town
By the women and children
Soon well be shipbuilding
Well I ask you
The boy said dad theyre going to take me to task
But Ill be back by christmas
Its 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
Its just a rumour that was spread around town
A telegram or a picture postcard
Within weeks theyll be re-opening the shipyards
And notifying the next of kin
Once again
Its all were skilled in
We will be shipbuilding
With all the will in the world
Diving for dear life
When we could be diving for pearls

Costello or Wyatt version? I go for Wyatt every time, Suede's version was terrible.

pacey68 said:

Id say Costello's but only just.The Chet Baker trumpet solo is sublime.
Robert Wyatts vocals takes the song to a different level of low.Very powerful version.
I quite like Suede but I dont like their version either.They just fancy themselves as a political band now.