Beware that hooded old man at the rudder
And still that voice came from beyond
So you must pay me now", "Don't do it"
Don't even fix a price
And people calling out his name
And when the rain came down
Don't even fix a price
In the rolling mist then he gets on board
Don't pay the ferryman
There were voices in the night, "Don't do it"
Until he gets you to the other side
He heard a wild dog howl
Don't pay the ferryman
Don't pay the ferryman
Until he gets you to the other side
Don't pay the ferryman
Don't pay the ferryman
Don't even fix a price
Don't pay the ferryman
Too many men have failed before
And dancing bones that jabbered and a-moaned on the water
Don't even fix a price
Reading from a map in the mind
Yes, there's the ragged hill and there's the boat on the river
A lifetime spent preparing for the journey
Until he gets you to the other side
And then the lightning flashed, and the thunder roared
And then the ferryman said
Voices out of sight, "Don't do it"
Whatever you do
Whatever you do
Until he gets you to the other side
Now there'll be no turning back
He is closer now and the search is on
Until he gets you to the other side
Don't pay the ferryman
"You must pay me now", "Don't do it"
"There is trouble ahead
Don't even fix a price
Don't pay the ferryman
Don't pay the ferryman
Don't pay the ferryman
