Don't Pay The Ferryman~Chris De Burgh~Lyrics

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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 closer 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,
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 people calling out his name,
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!"

[@micwalsh3011]

The river styx and the afterlife

[@Kolya33]

Hilarious punctuation, but thanks.

[@saranth]

I love this song very much. The funny thing is, when my daughter first heard it, she thought that they were talking about a fairy man, not a ferryman if you get my meaning. But she finally got it when I told her and I showed her the lyrics to the song. And she's seen the video and that also helped

[@blackphoenix_02]

It's like greek mythology :) I like it 😊🖤

[@anneemad28]

The best song ever

[@lalba07]

One of my favourite childhood songs 🖤🎶 Great song!

[@greekdrivers]

μπραβο ρε κοπελα μου ξερεις ν ακους μουσικη!

[@busstop1100]

Tom Servo sent me

[@deinonychusben]

Harsh, but it had to be done….

[@Capricorn56]

Another great song...yep, done good

[@raysullivan6168]

Chris De Burgh was the one that sank the Titanic, but he did devour an Iceburg along the way. And despite all this, The Ferryman still carried him!];3

[@rachidwakidi]

Chris de burgh..great singer on one word

[@darkmagicgaming2496]

For the boys

[@DawnDuck]

Love it

[@marlenaasprey4653]

Great, love it.

[@GalacticChickenNO1]

Faceless gaming brought me here!

[@Art-gi5tg]

Faceless for the boys

[@darkmagicgaming2496]

For the bois

[@gtiman67]

Cool cool song from my childhood mystical

[@bobdabolina5389]

Amen. I guess I'm Number 2

[@comfortable.and.furious]

this was the encore, and I missed it because I was on the phone in the foyer, talking about stolen shopping carts

[@jay82bob]

is this song literally about a ferryman or is the ferryman a metaphor for something deeper. even reading the lyrics without the music doesnt help explain. faceless brought me here.

[@lunarlexomancer4906]

Look up the Greek myth "Charon"; you'll see the resemblance.

[@doone1257]

In Greek mythology, Charon (or Kharon) is the ferryman of Hades who carries souls of the newly deceased across the rivers Styx and Acheron that divided the world of the living from the world of the dead. This is what the song is referring to.

[@ChaingunCassidy]

In the Greek myths, if you pay Charon before he takes you across the river Styx then you become Charon having to ferry the souls of the dead to Hades.

[@imperialpresence3331]

it's clear...THE...ferryman...not A ferryman

[@-isaxxbelle-1445]

A FerryMan is someone that carries you to hell when you die. They are basically the Grim Reaper, but when you die you need to put pennies on your eyes to "pay" him.

[@richanother673]

💔 please, type in Greta Thunberg connects climate, ecological, and health crisis.....