Peter, Paul And Mary — The Great Mandella (The Wheel Of Life) lyrics

Lyrics

So I told him that heЂ™d better shut his mouth
And do his job like a man.
And he answered listen, father,
I will never kill another.
He thinks heЂ™s better
Than his brother that died
What the hell does he think heЂ™s doing
To his father who brought him up right?
Take your place on the great mandala
As it moves through your brief moment of time.
Win or lose now you must choose now
And if you lose youЂ™re only losing your life.
Tell the jailer not to bother
With his meal of bread and water today.
He is fasting Ђ™til the killingЂ™s over
HeЂ™s a martyr, he thinks heЂ™s a prophet.
But heЂ™s a coward, heЂ™s just playing a game
He canЂ™t do it, he canЂ™t change it ItЂ™s been going on for ten thousand years
Tell the people they are safe now
Hunger stopped him, he lies still in his cell.
Death has gagged his accusations
We are free now, we can kill now,
We can hate now, now we can end the world
WeЂ™re not guilty, he was crazy
And itЂ™s been going on for ten thousand years!
Take your place on the great mandala
As it moves through your brief moment of time.
Win or lose now you must choose now
And if you lose youЂ™ve only wasted your life.