Diving for dear life
Well, I ask you
But I'll be back by Christmas”
It's just a rumor that was spread around town
When we could be diving for pearls
It's all we're skilled in
With all the will in the world
A telegram or a picture postcard
And notifying the next of kin, once again
When we could be diving for pearls
With all the will in the world
It's just a rumor that was spread around town
By the women and children
The boy said, “Dad, they're going to take me to task
It's all we're skilled in
We will be shipbuilding
For saying that people get killed in
Diving for dear life
Soon we'll be shipbuilding
With all the will in the world
The result of this shipbuilding
It's just a rumor that was spread around town
We will be shipbuilding
Within weeks, they'll be re-opening the shipyards
Somebody said that someone got filled in
When we could be diving for pearls
And a bicycle on the boy's birthday
Diving for dear life
When we could be diving for pearls
