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-ac