Chris De Burgh Don't Pay The Ferryman lyrics

It was late at night on the open road,

Speeding like a man on the run,

A lifetime spent preparing for the journey;

He is close now and the search is on,

Reading from a map in the mind,

Yes there's the ragged hill,

And there's the boat on the river,

And when the rain came down,

He heard a wild dog howl,

There were voices in the night - "Don't do it!"

Voices out of sight - "Don't do it!

Too many men have failed before,

Whatever you do,

Don't pay the ferryman,

Don't even fix a price,

Don't pay the ferryman,

Until he gets you to the other side;"

In the rolling mist then he gets on board,
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Now there'll be no turning back,

Beware that hooded old man at the rudder,

And then the lightning flashed, and the thunder roared,

And dancing bones that jabbered and a-moaned

On the water;

And then the ferryman said,

"There is trouble ahead,

So you must pay me now," - "Don't do it!"

"you must pay me now," - "Don't do it!"

And still that voice came from beyond,

"Whatever you do,

Don't pay the ferryman,

Don't even fix a price,

Don't pay the ferryman,

Until he gets you to the other side;

Don't pay - the ferryman!"