Mastodawn

Shipbuilding

"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"

- Elvis Costello

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Mactonex

@Geri I saw him perform this at the Cambridge Folk Festival, just him and an acoustic guitar. The audience came in on every ‘spread around town’ so softly it was like a whisper. Stunning performance and still gives me goose pimples thinking about it.