You people can while I'm scrubbin' these floors And I'm scrubbin' the floors you're gawking once you tip me and it makes you feel swell In this crummy Southern town, in crummy old hotel But you'll never guess to who you're No, you couldn't guess to who you're talkin'
Then one night, there's a in the night And you'll who could that have been And you see me kinda grinnin' while I'm And you say, "What's she got to grin?"
I'll tell you, there's a ship, the Black a skull on its masthead will be comin' in
You gentlemen can say, "Hey gal, finish floors" "Get upstairs, what's with you, earn your keep here" You toss me your and look out to the ships But I'm counting your heads as I'm the beds 'Cause nobody gonna sleep here Tonight, gonna sleep here, honey Nobody,
Then one there's a scream in the night And you say, "Who's that up a row?" And you see me starin' out the window And you say, "What's she got to at now?"
I'll tell you, there's a ship, the Black Turns around in the harbor, shootin' guns her bow
Now you gentlemen can wipe off smile off your face 'Cause every building in town is a one This whole freakin' place will be to the ground Only this cheap hotel standing up and sound And you yell, "Why do spare that one?" Yes, that's what you say, "Why do they that one?"
All the night through, through the and to-do You wonder, "Who is that that lives up there?" And you see me out in the morning Looking nice with a ribbon in my
And the ship, the Freighter Runs a flag up its and a cheer rings the air
By noontime the dock is with men Comin' out from the ghostly move in the shadows where no one can see And they're up people and they're bringin' em to me me, "Kill them now or later?" Askin' me, "Kill now or later?"
by the clock and so still by the dock You can hear a foghorn miles And in that quiet of death, say "Right now, now"
Then they'll pile up the And say, "That'll learn ya" And the ship, the Freighter out to sea and on it is me