Текст песни Nina Simone - Pirate Jenny

(1928) bertolt brecht, kurt weill

You people can watch while Iв'm scrubbing these floors
And Iв'm scrubbinв' the floors while youв're gawking
Maybe once ya tip me and it makes ya feel swell
In this crummy southern town
In this crummy old hotel
But youв'll never guess to who youв're talkinв'.
No. you couldnв't ever guess to who youв're talkinв'.

Then one night thereв's a scream in the night
And youв'll wonder who could that have been
And you see me kinda grinninв' while Iв'm scrubbinв'
And you say, whatв's she got to grin? 
Iв'll tell you.

Thereв's a ship
The black freighter
With a skull on itв's masthead
Will be coming in

You gentlemen can say, hey gal, finish them floors!
Get upstairs! whatв's wrong with you! earn your keep here!
You toss me your tips
And look out to the ships
But Iв'm counting your heads
As Iв'm making the beds
Cuz thereв's nobody gonna sleep here, honey
Nobody
Nobody!

Then one night thereв's a scream in the night
And you say, whoв's that kicking up a row? 
And ya see me kinda starinв' out the winda
And you say, whatв's she got to stare at now? 
Iв'll tell ya.

Thereв's a ship
The black freighter
Turns around in the harbor
Shootinв' guns from her bow

Now
You gentlemen can wipe off that smile off your face
Cause every building in town is a flat one
This whole frickinв' 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? 
Yes.
Thatв's what you say.
Why do they spare that one? 

All the night through, through the noise and to-do
You wonder who is that person that lives up there? 
And you see me stepping out in the morning
Looking nice with a ribbon in my hair

And the ship
The black freighter
Runs a flag up itв's masthead
And a cheer rings the air

By noontime the dock
Is a-swarminв' with men
Cominв' out from the ghostly freighter
They move in the shadows
Where no one can see
And theyв're chaininв' up people
And theyв're bringinв' em to me
Askinв' me,
Kill them now, or later? 
Askinв' me!
Kill them now, or later? 

Noon by the clock
And so still by the dock
You can hear a foghorn miles away
And in that quiet of death
Iв'll say, right now.
Right now!

Then theyв'll pile up the bodies
And Iв'll say,
Thatв'll learn ya!

And the ship
The black freighter
Disappears out to sea
And
On
It
Is
Me