Grateful Dead - Terrapin Station Part 1 lyrics

Let my inspiration flow In token rhyme suggesting rhythm That will not forsake me 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 storyteller speaks A door within the fire creaks Suddenly it 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 And 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 storyteller makes no choice Soon you will not hear his voice His job is to shed light And 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 Oh, from the north-west corner Of a brand new crescent moon Where 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 its brakes on (Terrapin) And the whistle is screaming Terrapin While you were gone These spaces filled with darkness The obvious was hidden With nothing to believe in The compa** always points to Terrapin Sullen wings of fortune beat like rain You're back in Terrapin for good or ill again For good or ill again Terrapin Ahhhhh Terrapin For good or ill again Terrapin Terrapin Ahhhhh Terrapin Some will rise, some will fall, some will climb To get to Terrapin Ahhhhh Terrapin Back for good or ill again Some will rise, some will fall, some will climb Just to get to Terrapin Terrapin