Marc Almond - Pirate JennyLyrics

Ahh you people can watch while I'm scrubbing these floors And I'm scrubbing these floors while you're gawking Maybe once you tip me and it makes you feel swell In this crummy southern town In this pit of hotel But you'll never guess to who you're talking No You'll never guess to who you're talking Then one night there's a scream in the night And you wonder: "who could that have been ? " And you see me kind of grinning while I'm scrubbing And you say "what she got to grin ? " I'll tell ya There's a ship The black freighter With a skull on it's mast-head Will be coming in You gentlemen say: "hey gal, finish them floors What's wrong with you ? earn your keep here" You toss me your tips and look to the ships But I'm counting your heads as I'm making the beds 'cause there's nobody gonna sleep here tonight No Nobody No-one No-one Then one night there's a scream in the night And you say: "who's that kicking up a row? " And you see me kinda staring out the window And you say: "what she got to stare at now ? " I'll tell ya There's a ship The black freighter Turns around in the harbour Shooting guns from her bow Well you gentlemen can wipe those smiles off your face 'cause every building in town is a flat one This whole frigging place will be down to the ground Only this cheap hotel standing up, safe and sound And you yell: "why do they spare that one ? "why? "why the hell do they spare that one ? " All the night through with the noise and to do And you wonder: "who is that person that lives up there ? " And you see me stepping out in the morning Looking fine with a ribbon in my hair Well just look at me now And a ship The black freighter Runs a flag up it's mast-head And a cheer rings the air. hey! My ? ? ? on the dock is a swarming with men Coming out from the ghostly freighter They're moving in the shadows where no-one can see And they're chaining up people And delivering 'em to me Asking me: "kill them now or later ? " Asking me: "kill them now or later ? " Noon by the clock and so still at the dock You can hear a fog horn miles away And in that quiet of death I'll say: "right now !" "right now !" And they pile up the bodies And I'll say: "that'll learn you. That'll learn you." And the ship The black freighter Disappears out to sea And On It Is Me !