Pirate Jenny
Marc Almond

Ahh you people can watch while I'm scrubbing these floors
And I'm scrubbing these floors while you're gawking
Maybe once you tip me and it makes you feel swell
In this crummy southern town
In this pit of hotel
But you'll never guess to who you're talking
No
You'll never guess to who you're talking
Then one night there's a scream in the night
And you wonder: Who could that have been ?
And you see me kind of grinning while I'm scrubbing
And you say What she got to grin ?
I'll tell ya
There's a ship
The black freighter
With a skull on it's mast-head
Will be coming in
You gentlemen say: Hey gal, finish them floors
What's wrong with you ? Earn your keep here
You toss me your tips and look to the ships
But I'm counting your heads as I'm making the beds
'Cause there's nobody gonna sleep here tonight
No
Nobody
No-one
No-one
Then one night there's a scream in the night
And you say: Who's that kicking up a row?
And you see me kinda staring out the window
And you say: What she got to stare at now ?
I'll tell ya
There's a ship
The black freighter
Turns around in the harbour
Shooting guns from her bow
Well you gentlemen can wipe those smiles off your face
'Cause every building in town is a flat one
This whole frigging 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 ?
Why?
Why the hell do they spare that one ?
All the night through with the noise and to do
And you wonder: Who is that person that lives up there ?
And you see me stepping out in the morning
Looking fine with a ribbon in my hair
Well just look at me now
And a ship
The black freighter
Runs a flag up it's mast-head
And a cheer rings the air. Hey!
My ??? on the dock is a swarming with men
Coming out from the ghostly freighter
They're moving in the shadows where no-one can see
And they're chaining up people
And delivering 'em to me
Asking me: Kill them now or later ?
Asking me: Kill them now or later ?
Noon by the clock and so still at the dock
You can hear a fog horn miles away
And in that quiet of death I'll say:
Right now !
Right now !
And they pile up the bodies
And I'll say: That'll learn you.
That'll learn you.
And the ship
The black freighter
Disappears out to sea
And
On
It
Is
Me !


  Purchase "Pirate Jenny"   Purchase Entire Album   Email Video to Friends   Play Youtube "Pirate Jenny" Video   Play Spotify "Pirate Jenny" Song   View Wikipedia "Pirate Jenny" Entry   Receive Emails for Future Marc Almond Lyrics

Email:

  Link to "Pirate Jenny"   Share on Facebook, Twitter, and more
  See Recommended Lyrics For You

Loading...

Lyrics by Marc Almond

  A Love Outgrown   A Lover Spurned   A Man   A Man [Un Homme]   A Woman's Story   A World Full Of People   Abel & Cain   Abel And Cain   Addicted   Adored And Explored   Almost Diamonds   Alone   Alone (Seul)   Always   Amo Vitam   Anarcoma   Angel In Her Kiss   Baby Night Eyes   Backstage [I'm Lonely]   Bad People Kiss   Barriers   Beautiful Brutal Thing   Beautiful Losers   Bedroom Shrine   Bedsitter   Bedsitter Images   Betrayed   Bitter Sweet   Black Heart   Black Kiss   Black Lullaby   Black Mountain Blues   Blond Boy   Blood Tide   Body Unknown   Born To Cry   Born To Lose   Brilliant Creatures   Broken Bracelets   Broken Hearted And Beautiful   Bruises   Burn Bright   Burning Boats   Caged   Cara A Cara   Cara A Cara (Face To Face)   Carnival Of Life   Champ   Champagne   Child of Clay   Child Star   Christmas In Vegas   City Of Nights   Come In Sweet Assassin   Come Out   Contempt   Crime Sublime   Dancer   Dancing In A Golden Cage   Deadly Serenade   Death of a Dandy   Death's Diary (Demo Version)   Deaths Diary   Deep Night   Disease & Desire   Dream Lover   End In Tears   Everything I Wanted Love To Be   Exotica Rose   Facility Girls   For One Moment   Friends   Fun City   Gabriel   Glorious   Gutter Hearts   Gyp The Blood   Happy Heart   Healthy As Hate   Heart In Velvet   Heart on Snow   Heel   Hell Was A City   Her Imagination   I Close My Eyes And Count To Ten   I Feel Love   I Feel Love [*][Medley]   I Feel Love [Medley]   I Who Never   I'm Coming   I'm Coming (J'arrive)   I'm Sick Of You Tasting Of Somebody Else   I've Never Seen Your Face   If You Go Away   If You Need   If You Need (S'il Te Faut)   In My Room   In My Room   In Your Bed   Incestuous Love   Insecure Me   It's A Mugs Game   Jackal Jackal   Jacky   Jacky [Alpine Dub]   Joey Demento   Just Good Friends   Kept Boy   King Of The Fools   Kitsch   Law Of The Night   Lie   Lights   Litany For A Return   Little White Cloud That Cried   Lonely Go-Go Dancer   Looking For Love   Looking For Love (In All The Wrong Places)   Lost Paradise   Love And Little White Lies   Love For Sale   Love In A Time Of Science   Love Letter   Love To Die For   Loveless World   Madame De La Luna   Mamba   Medley   Meet Me in My Dream   Meet Me In My Dreams   Melancholy Rose   Melancholy Rose [Multimedia Track]   Memorabilia   Midnight Soul   Money For Love   Money For Love (Fiddle Mix)   Moonbathe Skin   Mother Fist   Mr Sad   Mr. Sad   My Candle Burns   My Death   My Guardian Angel   My Hand Over My Heart   My Little Lovers   My Love   Narcissus   Never To Be Next   Night & Dark   Night & Dark   Night And Dark   Night And No Morning   Oily Black Limousine   Old Jack's Charm   Old Jack's Charms   On The Prowl   One Big Soul   One Way Sunday   Only The Moment   Open All Night   Orpheus In Red Velvet   Out There   Persuasion   Pink Shack Blues   Plague   Real Evil   Redeem Me   Redeem Me [Beauty Will Redeem the World]   Remorse Of The Dead   Ruby Red   Ruby Red [Multimedia Track]   Rue Des Blancs-Manteaux   Rues des Blancs-Manteaux   Saint Judy   Salty Dog   Satan's Child   Say Hello Wave Goodbye   Scarlet Bedroom   Secret Child   She Took My Soul In Istanbul   Shining Brightly   Shinning Brightly   Shinning Sinners   Sleaze   Sleepwalker   Smalltown Boy   Solo Adultos   Something's Gotten Hold Of My Heart   Song For You   Soul on Soul   Soul on Soul [Album Version]   Soul on Soul [Original Extended]   Soul on Soul [Original Extened]   Split Lip   Stardom Road   Stars We Are (live)   Stories Of Johnny   Stories of Johnny [*]   Strangers In The Night   Surabaya Johnny   Tantalise Me   Tears Run Rings   Tenderness Is A Weakness   The Animal In You   The Ballad Of The Sad Young Men   The Boy Who Came Back   The Bulls   The City   The Curtain Falls   The Days Of Pearly Spencer   The Desperate Hours   The Desperate Ones   The Devil   The Devil (Okay)   The Devil (Okay) (Le Diable)   The Edge Of Heartbreak   The Exhibitionist   The Flesh Is Willing   The Frost Comes Tomorrow   The Gambler   The Ghetto   The Heel   The House Is Haunted   The Hustler   The Idol   The Idol (Idolised)   The Libertine's Dream   The Lockman   The Lockman (L'eclusier)   The London Boys   The Plague   The River   The Room Below   The Sea Says   The Sea Still Sings   The Sensualist   The Slave   The Stars We Are   The Town Fall Asleep (La Ville S'endormait)   The Town Fell Asleep   The User   The Very Last Pearl   There Is A Bed   These My Dreams Are Yours   Things You Loved Me For   Threat Of Love   Torch   Toreador In The Rain   Tragedy   Tramp And The Young Girl   Traumas, Traumas, Traumas   Traumas. Traumas, Traumas   Two Sailors On The Beach   Ugly Head   Unborn Stillborn   Under Your Wing   Undress Me   Vaudeville And Burlesque   Vision   Vision (live)   Waifs & Strays (Grid Twilight Mix)   Waifs And Strays   We Must Look   We Must Look (Il Nous Faut Regarder)   We Need Jealousy   What Is Love?   What Makes A Man   What Makes A Man A Man   What Makes A Man A Man (Live Studio Version)   When It's Your Time   Where Did Our Love Go?   Where the Heart Is   Why?   Widow Weeds   World Full of People   Worship Me Now   Yesterday Has Gone [Balearico Mix]   Yesterday When I Was Young   You Have   You Only Live Twice   You'll Never See Me On A Sunday   Your Aura   Your Kisses Burn   Your Love Is A Lesion   Youth

Related Songs

  Shilpa Ray w, Nick Cave & Warren Ellis – Pirate ...  Pirate Jenny - Marianne Faithfull  Pirate Jenny - Nina Simone  Pirate Jenny - Judy Collins  Ich Erinnere Mich An Die Weimarer Republik...  Pirate Jenny [Live] - Nina Simone  Want To Buy Some Illusions - Marianne Faithfull  Jenny, Jenny - Little Richard  Jenny Jenny - Little Richard  Jenny, Jenny - Gene Vincent  P Is For Pirate - Alestorm  Jenny Take a Ride...  Jenny Take a Ride - Mitch Ryder  Jenny Take a Ride! - Mitch Ryder  Jenny Take A Ride ! - Mitch Ryder  Jenny, Jenny - Jerry Lee Lewis  Jenny, Jenny - Bill Haley  Jenny Take a Ride!...  Jenny E' Pazza - Vasco Rossi  Jenny E' Pazza - Vasco Rossi  Pirate - Ini Kamoze  Jenny's Got A Pony - Los Lobos  You Are A Pirate (Bonus Track) - Alestorm  Walk the Plank - The Ziggens  Fly Pirate - M.I.A.  Jenny - Clifford T. Ward  Pirate Girls Nine - They Might Be Giants  You Are A Pirate - Alestorm  Costume Song For Dora's Pirate Adventure...  Jenny Gotta Dance - Bay City Rollers  Jenny Gotta Dance - Bad City Rollers  Jenny Come On - Dressy Bessy  Pour, Oh Pour The Pirate Sherry...  Silver Jenny Dollar - The New Pornographers  You Are A Pirate - Lazytown  Highway Pirate - Black Oak Arkansas  Jenny, You're A Mystery - Stephen Jerzak  Jenny - Thee Michelle Gun Elephant  Jenny Taylor\/Je N'Etais La - Ralph McTell  Jenny Put The Record On - Little Man Tate  Jenny 867-5309 (Cover) - Blink 182  Pirate Love - The D4  Dreams Are Ten a Penny - Kincade  Jenny Come Back - Restless Heart  Jenny Jenny Dreams Are Ten A Penny - John Kincade  Jenny Come Back - Helen Darling  jennifer - Pete And The Pirates  Poor Jenny [Alternate Take] - The Everly Brothers  Poor Jenny - Paul Jones  Poor Jenny [European Single Version]...  Poor Jenny [Version 1] - The Everly Brothers  Poor Jenny (Ten O’clock Version)...  Poor Jenny - The Everly Brothers  Poor Jenny - Everly Brothers  Jenny Wore Black - Men Without Hats  Jenny Wore Black - Men Without Hats  Jenny Wore Black - Men Without Hats  Pirate Love - Johnny Thunders & the Heartbreakers  Pirate Love - Johnny Thunders  Pirate Love [#][*]...  Pirate Love [DVD] - New York Dolls  The Persimmon Tree - David Wax Museum  Dreams Are Ten a Penny - The First Class  Beat Me - The Goo Goo Dolls  Silver Jenny Dollar - New Pornographers  Jenny - Harry Chapin  Jenny Fey - Corey Hart  Jellyman Kelly - James Taylor  867-5309 (Jenny) - Rick Springfield  Oh Jenny - Jandek  The Pirate's Gospel - Alela Diane  Beat Me - Goo Goo Dolls  Pirate Moon - Thea Gilmore  867-5309 - Tommy Tutone  867-5309 - Jenny - Tutone Tommy  Jenny - The Click Five  867-5309 (Jenny) - Everclear  Jenny Jones - Paper Heroes  867-5309 (Jenny) [Live] - Everclear  Jenny\/867-5309 - Goo Goo Dolls  Danny & Jenny - Ladyhawke  Jenny - Roy Orbison  Jenny Lee - Jeremy Spencer  Jenny Got Busted - 30 Dirty Thoughts  867-5309 (Jenny) - Less Than Jake  Jenny - The Maine  867-5309/jenny - Less Than Jake  Jenny Mattress - Dahlgren Eva  Jorden är Ett Litet Rum - Eva Dahlgren  Pirate Radio - David Tanny  Strangers are Strange - Unknown Mortal Orchestra  Good Bye Jenny - Andi Deris  Pirate Dial - M. Ward  Jenny/867-5309 - Goo Goo Dolls  I Want To Fuck A Dog In The Ass - Blink-182 F/  Jenny - Natalie Prass  Jenny Dreamed Of Trains - Vince Gill  Turn Up The Stereo - Useless I.D.  Turn Up The Stereo - Useless Id  Jenny [Acoustic Version] - The Click Five  Soulless Man - Justin Nozuka  8675309 (jenny) - Tommy Tutone  Jenny Of The Sun - Luka Bloom  Jenny Dreamed Of Trains - John Denver  Jenny - Poison Girls  Little Jenny Lyn - Myla Smith  Oh Jenny - Bob Welch  Jenny - Electric Guest  Jenny 867-5309 (Tommy Tutone cover)...  Jenny - Laura Pausini  Jenny (EP) - Electric Guest  Jenny Jenkins - Childrens Lyrics  Jenny And I - Straight Outta Junior High  Jenny Jenkins - Jerry Garcia  Jenny Wren - Paul McCartney  Fly Pirate - M.i.a  Jenny Dreamed of Trains - Sweethearts of the Rodeo  Jenny Dreamed of Trains - Mary Chapin Carpenter  Jenny Dreamed of Trains - Maria Sangiolo  Jenny Dreamed of Trains - The Chapmans  Kingdom of the Animals - Iron & Wine  Jesse Dreamed of Trains - John Denver  Sweet Jennie Lee - Asleep at the Wheel  Souless Man - Justin Nozuka  Jenifa Taught Me - De La Soul  Jenifa Taught Me (Derwin's Revenge) - De La Soul  Our Boat Is Rocking On The Sea - The Wiggles  Accountancy Shanty - Monty Python  Poor Baby - Company  Johnny Loves Jenny - Chilly  Sweet Jenny Lee - Cab Calloway  Jenny Jenny - Silent Point  Jenny Jenny - Joe Jackson  Jenny Jenkins - Lisa Loeb  Jenny - Chicago  Jenny [Quadrophonic Mix] - Chicago  Jenny - Imperial Leisure  Jenifa - De La Soul  Jenifa (12\" Version) - De La Soul  Jenifa (Taught Me) [12" Version] - De La Soul  Two Perfect Girls - Pokemon  Jenny Don't Mind - Foghat  Jenny, And I Know - My Favorite Highway  Two Perfect Girls - Eric Stuart  Jenny Jenkins - David Grisman  Time Pirate - Tacocat  Back O' The Moon - 10000 Maniacs  Back O' The Moon - 10000 Maniacs  Back O\' The Moon - 10,000 Maniacs  Back O' the Moon - 10,000 Maniacs  Jenny Can Rely On Me - Jamie T  Make A Plan - Saturday Looks Good To Me  Headgear - Adam Ant  Headgear - Adam Ant  Jenny - Featuring Budda Junky Swan - Shaggy  Softly Softly - The Equals  Pirate - Cher  Pirate Love - New York Dolls  Jelly Man Kelly - Sesame Street  Jenifa (12' Version) - De La Soul  Jenny At Midnight - AOR  Jellyman Kelly - Sesame Street  Pirate Flag (Single) - Kenny Chesney  Pirate Flag - Kenny Chesney  Jenny's A Fat Bitch - Twiztid  Two Hot Girls On A Hot Summer Night...  Jag Vänder Mig Om - Gyllene Tider  Schneemann - Manuela  Cut Me Up Jenny - Taking Back Sunday  Two Perfect Girls - PokéMon  Jenny - Edyta Bartosiewicz  Jenny - Boom Boom Kid  Jenny Turn Around - Tyler Hilton  The Ballad of Jenny Ledge - Toy Matinee  Jenny Jump - The Roadside Graves  Two Hot Girls - Carly Simon  Nothing that I Didn't Know - Procol Harum  Nothing That I Didn't Know - Procol Harum  Song Of The Dogs - Jon Langford  I Wanna F*** a Dog in the Ass - Blink 182  Fuck A Dog - Blink 182  I Wanna Fuck A Dog In The Ass - Blink 182  Mermaid Song - Various Artists  Good-Bye Jenny - Andi Deris  My Jenny - Chris Norman  Pirate of Your Soul (Live) - Ilse DeLange  Cut Me Up, Jenny - Taking Back Sunday  Anchors Aweigh - Club Penguin  Wake Up Your Saints - The National  The First Man You Remember - Various Artists  Pop Goes The World - Barcelona  Jenny - Marty Robbins  Jenny - American Music Club  Nothing I Didnt Know - Procol Harum  Jenny and the Pigs - Mal Webb  Pirate Radio - John Hiatt  Pirate - Muchuu  Pirate - 7 Year Rabbit Cycle  Pirate - Emerson, Lake & Palmer  Perfect Man - Rufus Wainwright