Terrapin Station - 2015 Remaster

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