You gentlemen can watch while I'm scrubbin' the And I'm scrubbin' the floor while you're And maybe you tipped me and it made you feel swell In a ratty waterfront in this ratty-old
But you'll know to who you're talkin' You know to who you're talkin'
Suddenly, one night, a scream in the night And you yelled, "What the hell that have been?" And you see me kinda grinnin' while I'm And you say, "What's she got to grin?"
And the ship, a Freighter With a skull on its will be comin' in
Then you can say, "Hey girl, finish the floors Get upstairs, make the beds, earn keep here You toss me your and look out at the ships
But I'm countin' your While I make up the 'Cuz there's nobody sleep here Tonight, none of you will here
Then, that night, there's a bang in the And you yelled, "Who's that up a row?" And ya see me kinda out the window And you say, "What's she got to at now?"
And the ship, the Freighter around in the harbor Shootin' guns the bow
Then you gentlemen can wipe off the laugh your face Every building in town is a one Your whole place will be down to the ground Only cheap hotel standin' up safe and sound
And you ask, "Why did they that one?" And you ask, "Why did they spare one?"
All the through, with the noise and to-do You wonder, who's the lives up there? Then you see me out in the mornin' Lookin' nice with a in my hair
And the ship, the Black the flag up its masthead And a rings the air
By noontime the Is a' swarmin' men Comin' off of that freighter
And movin' in the shadows no one can see And they're chainin' up And bringin' to me
me "Kill now or later?" me "Kill now, or later?"
by the clock And so on the dock You can the foghorn miles away
In that quiet of say, "Right now Then they'll up the bodies And say, "That'll learn ya"
And the The Black out to sea And on it is me