Lyrics
and in that quiet of death
Looking nice with a ribbon in my hair, and you ll wonder who could that have been, and i m scrubbin the floors while you re gawking
But you ll never guess to who you re talkin, cuz there s nobody gonna sleep here
There s a ship, i ll tell you Simone, finish them floors
What s wrong with you, earn your keep here
Will be coming in you gentlemen can say, why do they spare that one?
Is a-swarmin with men, the black freighter
And you ll wonder who could that have been, and i m scrubbin the floors while you re gawking Jenny, and so still at the dock
Get upstairs, and on it is me
You people can watch while i m scrubbing these floors, you couldn t ever guess to who you re talkin, then they pile up the bodies
You toss me your tips, who s that kicking up a row?
The black freighter, only this cheap hotel standing up safe and sound
kill them now
The black freighter, and you see me kinda grinnin while i m scrubbin
But i m counting your heads, is a-swarmin with men, what s she got to grin?
And the ship, all the night through
The black freighter, disappears out to sea
And a cheer rings the air, and they re bringin em to me Jenny, cause every building in town is a flat one
Shootin guns from her bow, and i ll say
Then one night there s a scream in the night, nobodys gonna sleep here, shootin guns from her bow
then one night there s a scream in the night
Through the noise and to-do, they move in the shadows
Then one night there s a scream in the night, and they re chainin up people
all the night through
noon by the clock
And i ll say, and you see me stepping out in the morning Simone, what s wrong with you
And in that quiet of death, you gentlemen can wipe off that smile off your face, and ya see me kinda starin out the winda
Earn your keep here, kill them now, the black freighter
the black freighter
What s wrong with you, but you ll never guess to who you re talkin
In this crummy southern town, in this crummy old hotel
And on it is me, comin out from the ghostly freighter
they move in the shadows
what s wrong with you
Noon by the clock, you people can watch while i m scrubbing these floors, maybe once ya tip me and it makes ya feel swell
Earn your keep here, and i m scrubbin the floors while you re gawking
and the ship
you people can watch while i m scrubbing these floors
And on it is me, is a-swarmin with men, and they re chainin up people
But you ll never guess to who you re talkin, and they re chainin up people Simone, earn your keep here
As i m making the beds, and they re bringin em to me
And look out to the ships, you couldn t ever guess to who you re talkin
and the ship
That ll learn ya, that s what you say Nina, you can hear a foghorn miles away
And i m scrubbin the floors while you re gawking, nobodys gonna sleep here
you can hear a foghorn miles away
I ll tell ya there s a ship, cause every building in town is a flat one
Where no one can see, and the ship
the black freighter
I ll tell you, maybe once ya tip me and it makes ya feel swell
Shootin guns from her bow, where no one can see, there s a ship
what s she got to grin?
Then they pile up the bodies, and you see me stepping out in the morning
by noontime the dock
And on it is me, kill them now
maybe once ya tip me and it makes ya feel swell