[ WP ] You 're a taxi driver . One day a mysterious passenger asks you to drive him to his destination via a certain haunted road .

♪*Well lem me tell a story'bout this man I knew... *♪ 
 
 ♪*He got a taxi cab and he got on through... *♪ 
 
 ♪*But life was simple then; drive and get paid 
'til a mystery man whistled one day... *♪ 
 
 ♪*Black trenchcoat and shifty eyes 
 wit' a hunched over stance'n' something to hide... *♪ 
 
 ♪*But the taxi man's thoughts were overrode 
 with the promise of cash'n' a journey... 
 a journey... 
 down IronField Road... *♪ 
 
 ♪*He had heard the stories of the misty gale 
'n' the cracks in the pavement'n' his angel wailed 
'gainst the devil on his shoulder... *♪ 
 
 ♪*But Hell was n't gettin' any colder... *♪ 
 
 ♪*He did n't return'til 5 that night 
'n' the mystery man was outta our sights... *♪ 
 
 ♪*But the taxi man got colder... 
'n' the taxi man got bolder... 
'n' the taxi man look'd young... 
 But the taxi man look'd older... *♪ 
 
 ♪*He's takin' me out for a night in the town 
'n' I ca n't shake the feelin' somethin''bout to go down... *♪ 
 
 ♪*But maybe't was only an episode... *♪ 
 
 ♪*And there ai n't somethin' evil down there... *♪ 
 
 ♪*Down there... 
 on IronField Road... *♪ 
 
 > An excerpt from `` IronField Road'', recorded 25th June 1973, 2 days before the disappearance of famous folk musician'Rowdy' Dick Rafferty.
