Let my inspiration flow   In token rhyme, suggesting rhythm   That will not forsake you   Till my tale is told and done      While the firelight's aglow   Strange shadows from the flames will grow   Till things we've never seen   Will seem familiar      Shadows of a sailor, forming winds   Both foul and fair all swarm   Down in Carlisle, he loved   A lady many years ago      Here beside him stands a man   A soldier from the looks of him   Who came through many fights   But lost at love      While the story teller speaks   A door within the fire creaks   Suddenly flies open   And a girl is standing there      Eyes alight with glowing hair   All that fancy paints as fair   She takes her fan and throws it   In the lion's den      Which of you to gain me tell   Will risk uncertain pains of hell?   I will not forgive you   If you will not take the chance      The sailor gave at least a try   The soldier being much too wise   Strategy was his strength   Not disaster      The sailor, coming out again   The lady fairly leapt at him   That's how it stands today   You decide if he was wise      The story teller makes no choice   Soon you will not hear his voice   His job is to shed light   Not to master      Since the end is never told   We pay the teller off in gold   In hopes he will come back   But he cannot be bought or sold      Inspiration, move me brightly   Light the song with sense and color   Hold away despair   More than this I will not ask      Faced with mysteries dark and vast   Statements just seem vain at last   Some rise, some fall   Some climb to get to Terrapin      Counting stars by candlelight   All are dim but one is bright   The spiral light of Venus   Rising first and shining best      On, from the northwest corner   Of a brand new crescent moon   Crickets and cicadas sing   A rare and different tune   Terrapin station      In the shadow of the moon   Terrapin station   And I know we'll be there soon   Terrapin      I can't figure out   Terrapin   If it's the end or beginning   Terrapin      But the train's put it's brakes on   Terrapin   And the whistle is screaming   Terrapin