所属专辑:Four Women: The Complete Nina Simone On Philips
歌手: Nina Simone
时长: 06:37
Pirate Jenny (Live Stereo 1964/New York) - Nina Simone (妮娜·西蒙)[00:00:00]
You people can watch while I'm scrubbing these floors[00:00:04]
And I'm scrubbin' the floors while you're gawking[00:00:07]
Maybe once you tip me and it makes you feel swell[00:00:11]
In this crummy southern town in this crummy old hotel[00:00:14]
But you'll never guess to who you're talkin' [00:00:18]
No you couldn't ever guess to who you're talkin'[00:00:22]
Then one night there's a scream in the night[00:00:31]
And you wonder who could that have been [00:00:35]
And you see me kinda grinnin' while I'm scrubbin'[00:00:40]
And you say "What's she got to grin " I'll tell you[00:00:45]
There's a ship The Black Freighter[00:00:53]
With a skull on its masthead will be coming in[00:01:03]
You gentlemen can say "Hey gal finish them floors [00:01:15]
Get upstairs [00:01:18]
What's wrong with you Earn your keep here [00:01:19]
You toss me your tips and look out to the ships[00:01:22]
But I'm counting your heads as I'm making the beds[00:01:25]
'Cuz there's nobody gonna sleep here tonight[00:01:29]
Nobody is going to sleep here honey[00:01:34]
Nobody nobody [00:01:38]
Then one night there's a scream in the night[00:01:48]
And you say "Who's that kicking up a row "[00:01:52]
And you see me kinda starin' out the window[00:01:57]
And you say "What's she got to stare at now "[00:02:03]
I'll tell you[00:02:08]
There's a ship [00:02:11]
The Black Freighter turns around in the harbor[00:02:17]
Shootin' guns from her bow[00:02:27]
Now you gentlemen can wipe off that smile off your face[00:02:35]
'Cause every building in town is a flat one[00:02:40]
This whole frickin' place will be down to the ground[00:02:43]
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 that's what you say "Why do they spare that one "[00:02:55]
All the night through through the noise and to do[00:03:05]
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 [00:03:31]
The Black Freighter runs a flag up its masthead[00:03:37]
And a cheer rings the air[00:03:45]
By noontime the dock is a swarmin' with men[00:03:54]
Comin' out from the ghostly freighter[00:03:59]
They're movin' in the shadows where no one can see[00:04:03]
And they're chainin' up people and they're bringin' 'em to me[00:04:08]
Askin' me "Kill them now or later "[00:04:12]
Askin' me "Kill them now or later "[00:04:17]
Noon by the clock and so still by the dock[00:04:28]
You can hear a foghorn miles away[00:04:39]
And in that quiet of death [00:04:51]
I'll say "Right now right now "[00:04:56]
Then they'll pile up the bodies[00:05:13]
And I'll say "That'll learn ya "[00:05:18]
And the ship [00:05:24]
The Black Freighter disappears out to sea[00:05:38]
And on it is me[00:06:02]