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Don't Pay The Ferryman

Don't Pay The Ferryman

Year: 1982
Duration: 3:48
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[00:26.09] It was late at night on the open road
[00:27.96] Speeding like a man on the run
[00:29.54] A lifetime spent preparing for the journey
[00:30.59] He is closer now and the search is on
[00:36.99] Reading from a map in the mind
[00:40.43] Yes there's the ragged hill
[00:42.30] And there's the boat on the river
[00:44.56] And when the rain came down
[00:47.39] He heard a wild dog howl
[00:52.07] There were voices in the night, ("Don't do it")
[00:56.29] Voices out of sight, ("Don't do it")
[00:59.64] Too many men have failed before
[01:04.10] "Whatever you do
[01:07.52] Don't pay the ferryman
[01:09.49] Don't even fix a price
[01:12.41] Don't pay the ferryman
[01:15.02] Until he gets you to the other side"
[01:25.00] In the rolling mist then he gets on board
[01:29.03] Now there'll be no turning back
[01:31.65] Beware that hooded old man at the rudder
[01:34.50] And then the lightning flashed, and the thunder roared
[01:41.42] And people calling out his name
[01:44.22] And dancing bones that jabbered and a-moaned
[01:50.45] On the water
[01:53.72] And then the ferryman said
[01:55.56] "There is trouble ahead
[01:57.30] So you must pay me now," ("Don't do it")
[02:00.39] "You must pay me now," ("Don't do it")
[02:03.65] And still that voice came from beyond
[02:08.38] "Whatever you do
[02:10.79] Don't pay the ferryman
[02:13.65] Don't even fix a price
[02:16.64] Don't pay the ferryman
[02:19.04] Until he gets you to the other side"
[02:21.24] Yeah!
[02:42.34] Don't pay the ferryman
[02:44.88] Don't even fix a price
[02:49.64] Don't pay the ferryman
[02:51.31] Until he gets you to the other side
[02:54.17] Don't pay the ferryman
[02:57.32] Don't even fix a price
[03:00.82] Don't pay the ferryman
[03:03.74] Until he gets you to the other side
[03:05.36] Don't pay the ferryman
[03:07.47] Don't even fix a price
[03:10.79] Don't pay the ferryman
[03:13.58] Until he gets you to the other side
[03:16.52] Don't pay the ferryman
[03:19.02] 

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Chris de Burgh

About Chris de Burgh

🇬🇧United Kingdom·pop, soft rock
Christopher John Davison (born 15 October 1948), known professionally as Chris de Burgh (English: də-BER), is a British and Irish singer-songwriter and musician born in Argentina. He started out as an art rock performer and progressed to writing more pop-oriented material. He has had several top 40 hit singles in the UK and two in the US. He is more popular in other countries, particularly Norway and Brazil. His 1975 "A Spaceman Came Travelling" became a popular Christmas song and his 1986 love...
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