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      Repeat x2      Don't paaaay the ferryman!