Chris de Burgh - Don't Pay The Ferryman (Key: OR Emin)

Title: Don't Pay The Ferryman
Format: MP3 Backing Track - Instrumental - Karaoke
Created in the style of: Chris de Burgh
Genre: Pop & Pop Rock; Rock & Soft Rock
Language: English
Era: 1980s
Key: OR Emin
Backing vocals: No
Lyrics: Yes
 
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
Upon 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
 
INTERLUDE
 
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
Don't even fix a price
Don't pay the ferryman
Until he gets you to the other side
 
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!
 
Composer: CHRIS DE BURGH