Ahh you people can watch while Im scrubbing these floors
And Im scrubbing these floors while youre gawking
Maybe once you tip me and it makes you feel swell
In this crummy southern town
In this pit of hotel
But youll never guess to who youre talking
No
Youll never guess to who youre talking
Then one night theres a scream in the night
And you wonder: "who could that have been ? "
And you see me kind of grinning while Im scrubbing
And you say "what she got to grin ? "
Ill tell ya
Theres a ship
The black freighter
With a skull on its mast-head
Will be coming in
You gentlemen say: "hey gal, finish them floors
Whats wrong with you ? earn your keep here"
You toss me your tips and look to the ships
But Im counting your heads as Im making the beds
cause theres nobody gonna sleep here tonight
No
Nobody
No-one
No-one
Then one night theres a scream in the night
And you say: "whos that kicking up a row? "
And you see me kinda staring out the window
And you say: "what she got to stare at now ? "
Ill tell ya
Theres 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 its mast-head
And a cheer rings the air. hey!
My ? ? ? on the dock is a swarming with men
Coming out from the ghostly freighter
Theyre moving in the shadows where no-one can see
And theyre 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 Ill say:
"right now !"
"right now !"
And they pile up the bodies
And Ill say: "thatll learn you.
Thatll learn you."
And the ship
The black freighter
Disappears out to sea
And
On
It
Is
Me !
