所属专辑:Nina Simone’s Finest Hour
歌手: Nina Simone
时长: 06:41
Pirate Jenny - Nina Simone[00:00:00]
You people can watch while Im scrubbing these floors[00:00:04]
And Im scrubbin the floors while youre gawking[00:00:07]
Maybe once ya tip me and it makes ya feel swell[00:00:11]
In this crummy southern town[00:00:14]
In this crummy old hotel[00:00:16]
But youll never guess to who youre talkin [00:00:18]
No you couldnt ever guess to who youre talkin [00:00:22]
Then one night theres a scream in the night[00:00:31]
And youll wonder who could that have been[00:00:35]
And you see me kinda grinnin while Im scrubbin[00:00:40]
And you say whats she got to grin [00:00:45]
Ill tell you [00:00:49]
Theres a ship[00:00:53]
The black freighter[00:00:59]
With a skull on its masthead[00:01:03]
Will be coming in[00:01:07]
You gentlemen can say hey gal finish them floors [00:01:15]
Get upstairs whats wrong with you earn your keep here [00:01:19]
You toss me your tips[00:01:22]
And look out to the ships[00:01:24]
But Im counting your heads[00:01:26]
As Im making the beds[00:01:28]
Cuz theres nobody gonna sleep here honey[00:01:29]
Nobody[00:01:39]
Nobody [00:01:42]
Then one night theres a scream in the night[00:01:48]
And you say whos that kicking up a row [00:01:52]
And ya see me kinda starin out the winda[00:01:57]
And you say whats she got to stare at now [00:02:03]
Ill tell ya [00:02:08]
Theres a ship[00:02:11]
The black freighter[00:02:17]
Turns around in the harbor[00:02:22]
Shootin guns from her bow[00:02:27]
Now[00:02:36]
You gentlemen can wipe off that smile off your face[00:02:37]
Cause every building in town is a flat one[00:02:40]
This whole frickin place will be down to the ground[00:02:44]
Only this cheap hotel standing up safe and sound[00:02:47]
And you yell why do they spare that one [00:02:51]
Yes [00:02:55]
Thats what you say [00:02:56]
Why do they spare that one [00:02:58]
All the night through through the noise and to-do[00:03:06]
You wonder who is that person that lives up there [00:03:10]
And you see me stepping out in the morning[00:03:15]
Looking nice with a ribbon in my hair[00:03:21]
And the ship[00:03:32]
The black freighter[00:03:37]
Runs a flag up its masthead[00:03:42]
And a cheer rings the air[00:03:45]
By noontime the dock[00:03:54]
Is a-swarmin with men[00:03:58]
Comin out from the ghostly freighter[00:03:59]
They move in the shadows[00:04:03]
Where no one can see[00:04:06]
And theyre chainin up people[00:04:08]
And theyre bringin em to me[00:04:10]
Askin me [00:04:13]
Kill them now or later [00:04:14]
Askin me [00:04:17]
Kill them now or later [00:04:21]
Noon by the clock[00:04:28]
And so still by the dock[00:04:34]
You can hear a foghorn miles away[00:04:39]
And in that quiet of death[00:04:51]
Ill say right now [00:04:57]
Right now [00:05:04]
Then theyll pile up the bodies[00:05:14]
And Ill say [00:05:18]
Thatll learn ya [00:05:20]
And the ship[00:05:24]
The black freighter[00:05:39]
Disappears out to sea[00:05:49]
And[00:06:03]
On[00:06:05]
It[00:06:07]
Is[00:06:11]
Me[00:06:13]