《Pirate Jenny (Live Stereo 1964/New York)》歌词

[00:00:00] Pirate Jenny (Live Stereo 1964/New York) - Nina Simone (妮娜·西蒙)

[00:00:04] You people can watch while I'm scrubbing these floors

[00:00:07] And I'm scrubbin' the floors while you're gawking

[00:00:11] Maybe once you tip me and it makes you feel swell

[00:00:14] In this crummy southern town in this crummy old hotel

[00:00:18] But you'll never guess to who you're talkin'

[00:00:22] No you couldn't ever guess to who you're talkin'

[00:00:31] Then one night there's a scream in the night

[00:00:35] And you wonder who could that have been

[00:00:40] And you see me kinda grinnin' while I'm scrubbin'

[00:00:45] And you say "What's she got to grin " I'll tell you

[00:00:53] There's a ship The Black Freighter

[00:01:03] With a skull on its masthead will be coming in

[00:01:15] You gentlemen can say "Hey gal finish them floors

[00:01:18] Get upstairs

[00:01:19] What's wrong with you Earn your keep here

[00:01:22] You toss me your tips and look out to the ships

[00:01:25] But I'm counting your heads as I'm making the beds

[00:01:29] 'Cuz there's nobody gonna sleep here tonight

[00:01:34] Nobody is going to sleep here honey

[00:01:38] Nobody nobody

[00:01:48] Then one night there's a scream in the night

[00:01:52] And you say "Who's that kicking up a row "

[00:01:57] And you see me kinda starin' out the window

[00:02:03] And you say "What's she got to stare at now "

[00:02:08] I'll tell you

[00:02:11] There's a ship

[00:02:17] The Black Freighter turns around in the harbor

[00:02:27] Shootin' guns from her bow

[00:02:35] Now you gentlemen can wipe off that smile off your face

[00:02:40] 'Cause every building in town is a flat one

[00:02:43] This whole frickin' place will be down to the ground

[00:02:47] Only this cheap hotel standing up safe and sound

[00:02:51] And you yell "Why do they spare that one "

[00:02:55] Yes that's what you say "Why do they spare that one "

[00:03:05] All the night through through the noise and to do

[00:03:10] You wonder who is that person that lives up there

[00:03:15] And you see me stepping out in the morning

[00:03:21] Looking nice with a ribbon in my hair

[00:03:31] And the ship

[00:03:37] The Black Freighter runs a flag up its masthead

[00:03:45] And a cheer rings the air

[00:03:54] By noontime the dock is a swarmin' with men

[00:03:59] Comin' out from the ghostly freighter

[00:04:03] They're movin' in the shadows where no one can see

[00:04:08] And they're chainin' up people and they're bringin' 'em to me

[00:04:12] Askin' me "Kill them now or later "

[00:04:17] Askin' me "Kill them now or later "

[00:04:28] Noon by the clock and so still by the dock

[00:04:39] You can hear a foghorn miles away

[00:04:51] And in that quiet of death

[00:04:56] I'll say "Right now right now "

[00:05:13] Then they'll pile up the bodies

[00:05:18] And I'll say "That'll learn ya "

[00:05:24] And the ship

[00:05:38] The Black Freighter disappears out to sea

[00:06:02] And on it is me