Pirate Jenny (Live Stereo 1964/New York)-Nina Simone

[ti:Pirate Jenny (Live Stereo 1964/New York)] [ar:Nina Simone] [al:Four Women: The Complete Nina Simone On Philips] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Pirate Jenny (Live Stereo 1964/New York) - Nina Simone (妮娜·西蒙) [00:04.33]You people can watch while I'm scrubbing these floors [00:07.62]And I'm scrubbin' the floors while you're gawking [00:09.95] [00:11.86]Maybe once you tip me and it makes you feel swell [00:14.78]In this crummy southern town in this crummy old hotel [00:18.65]But you'll never guess to who you're talkin' [00:22.29]No you couldn't ever guess to who you're talkin' [00:26.84] [00:31.02]Then one night there's a scream in the night [00:35.16]And you wonder who could that have been [00:40.25]And you see me kinda grinnin' while I'm scrubbin' [00:45.50]And you say "What's she got to grin " I'll tell you [00:53.35]There's a ship The Black Freighter [01:03.04]With a skull on its masthead will be coming in [01:08.55] [01:15.53]You gentlemen can say "Hey gal finish them floors [01:18.88]Get upstairs [01:19.20] [01:19.79]What's wrong with you Earn your keep here [01:22.77]You toss me your tips and look out to the ships [01:25.96]But I'm counting your heads as I'm making the beds [01:29.85]'Cuz there's nobody gonna sleep here tonight [01:34.88]Nobody is going to sleep here honey [01:36.33] [01:38.81]Nobody nobody [01:48.30]Then one night there's a scream in the night [01:52.34]And you say "Who's that kicking up a row " [01:57.17]And you see me kinda starin' out the window [02:03.71]And you say "What's she got to stare at now " [02:08.33]I'll tell you [02:11.19]There's a ship [02:17.75]The Black Freighter turns around in the harbor [02:27.72]Shootin' guns from her bow [02:35.96]Now you gentlemen can wipe off that smile off your face [02:40.55]'Cause every building in town is a flat one [02:43.85]This whole frickin' place will be down to the ground [02:47.57]Only this cheap hotel standing up safe and sound [02:51.49]And you yell "Why do they spare that one " [02:55.06]Yes that's what you say "Why do they spare that one " [03:01.27] [03:05.60]All the night through through the noise and to do [03:10.28]You wonder who is that person that lives up there [03:15.48]And you see me stepping out in the morning [03:21.09]Looking nice with a ribbon in my hair [03:27.56] [03:31.79]And the ship [03:37.58]The Black Freighter runs a flag up its masthead [03:44.95] [03:45.53]And a cheer rings the air [03:54.27]By noontime the dock is a swarmin' with men [03:59.38]Comin' out from the ghostly freighter [04:03.58]They're movin' in the shadows where no one can see [04:08.29]And they're chainin' up people and they're bringin' 'em to me [04:12.91]Askin' me "Kill them now or later " [04:15.92] [04:17.84]Askin' me "Kill them now or later " [04:28.53]Noon by the clock and so still by the dock [04:39.62]You can hear a foghorn miles away [04:51.62]And in that quiet of death [04:56.79]I'll say "Right now right now " [05:13.63]Then they'll pile up the bodies [05:18.96]And I'll say "That'll learn ya " [05:24.04]And the ship [05:38.45]The Black Freighter disappears out to sea [06:02.76]And on it is me