You people can watch while
I`m scrubbing these floors
And I`m scrubbin` the floors while
you`re gawking
Maybe once you tip me and
it makes you feel swell
In this crummy Southern town in
this crummy old hotel
But you`ll never guess to who you`re talkin`
No you couldn`t ever guess to who you`re talkin`
Then one night there`s a scream in the night
And you`ll wonder who could that have been
And you see me kinda grinnin` while
I`m scrubbin`
And you say What`s she got to grin
I`ll tell you
There`s a ship
The Black Freighter
With a skull on its masthead
Will be coming in
You gentlemen can say Hey gal finish them floors
Get upstairs what`s wrong with
you Earn your keep here
You toss me your tips and look out to the ships
But I`m counting your heads as
I`m making the beds
`Cuz there`s nobody gonna sleep here tonight
Nobody is going to sleep here honey
Nobody nobody
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 starin` out the window
And you say What`s she got to stare at now
I`ll tell you
There`s a ship
The Black Freighter
Turns around in the harbor
Shootin` guns from her bow
Now you gentlemen can wipe
off that smile off your face
`Cause every building in town is a flat one
This whole frickin` 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
Yes that`s what you say
Why do they spare that one
All the night through through the noise and to do
You wonder who is that person that lives up there
And you see me stepping out in the morning
Looking nice with a ribbon in my hair
And the ship
The Black Freighter
Runs a flag up its masthead
And a cheer rings the air
By noontime the dock is a swarmin` with men
Comin` out from the ghostly freighter
They move in the shadows
where no one can see
And they`re chainin` up people
and they`re bringin` em to me
Askin` me Kill them now or later
Askin` me Kill them now or later
Noon by the clock
And so still at the dock
You can hear a foghorn miles away
And in that quiet of death
I`ll say Right now right now
Then they`ll pile up the bodies
And I`ll say That`ll learn you
And the ship
The Black Freighter
Disappears out to sea
And on it is me?