Marc Almond - Pirate Jenny lyrics
[Marc Almond - Pirate Jenny lyrics]
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!
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!