You people can watch while I'm scrubbing these floors And I'm scrubbin' the floors while you're gawking Maybe once ya tip me and it makes ya feel swell In this crummy Southern town In this crummy old hotel But you'll never guess to who you're talkin' No, you couldn't ever guess to who you're talkin' Then one night there's a scream in the night And you'll wonder who could that have been And you see me kinda grinnin' while I'm scrubbin' And you say, "What's she got to grin?" I'll tell you There's a ship The Black Freighter With a skull on its masthead Will be coming in You gentlemen can say, "Hey gal, finish them floors! Get upstairs! What's wrong with you! Earn your keep here! You toss me your tips And look out to the ships But I'm counting your heads As I'm making the beds Cuz there's nobody gonna sleep here Tonight, nobodys gonna sleep here, honey Nobody Nobody Then one night there's a scream in the night And you say, "Who's that kicking up a row?" And ya see me kinda starin' out the winda' And you say, "What's she got to stare at now?" I'll tell ya There's a ship The Black Freighter Turns around in the harbor Shootin' 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 frickin' 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 That'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 its masthead And a cheer rings the air By noontime the dock Is a-swarmin' with men Comin' out from the ghostly freighter They move in the shadows Where no one can see And they're chainin' up people And they're bringin' em to me Askin' me "Kill them now, or later?" Askin' me! "Kill them now, or later?" Noon by the clock And so still at the dock You can hear a foghorn miles away And in that quiet of death I'll say, "Right now" "Right now!" Then they pile up the bodies And I'll say "That'll learn ya!" And the ship The Black Freighter Disappears out to sea And On It Is Me

I don't care what you say you can give it away Your money don't mean much to me I've been out on my own, gonna go alone now 'Cause that's the way it's got to be Everybody tells me how I can beat the odds for now I've been standing by the fire I just can't feel the heat, can't feel the heat Heartbeat I'm looking for a heartbeat Heartbeat I'm looking for a heartbeat Beating like mine Looking at me it's easy to see You think you know just how I feel If you do to me wrong and it won't take me long Before my restless heart will heal I'm looking for a love, love like mine They tell me it's so hard to find But I can feel it in the rhythm Of the heartbeat in the street Heartbeat I'm looking for a heartbeat Heartbeat I'm looking for a heartbeat Beating like mine Beating like mine Tell me what you feel now Without a heartbeat Tell me is it real now Without a heartbeat? Heartbeat Heartbeat I'm looking for a heartbeat Heartbeat I'm looking for a heartbeat Heartbeat Heartbeat I'm looking for a heartbeat Heartbeat I'm looking for a heartbeat Heartbeat Heartbeat (no matter where your hidin' girl) I'm looking for a heartbeat (I'll find you walkin' somewhere) Heartbeat (my heart is beatin' for ya now) I'm looking for a heartbeat (I'll find you walkin' somewhere) Heartbeat (it's really beatin' for me now) I'm looking for a heartbeat (your heart is beatin' for me, yeah) Heartbeat (I'll find you walkin' somewhere) I'm looking for a heartbeat (outside walkin' the street now) Heartbeat (you're really, really hidin' girl) I'm looking for a heartbeat (outside walkin' somewhere