Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song The Great Mandella (The Wheel of Life), artist - Peter, Paul and Mary. Album song Album 1700, in the genre Поп
Date of issue: 30.10.1967
Record label: Warner
Song language: English
The Great Mandella (The Wheel of Life) |
So I told him that he’d better shut his mouth |
And do his job like a man |
And he answered «Listen, Father |
I will never kill another.» |
He thinks he’s better |
Than his brother that died |
What the hell does he think he’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 you’re only losing your life |
Tell the jailer not to bother |
With his meal of bread and water today |
He is fasting 'til the killing’s over |
He’s a martyr, he thinks he’s a prophet |
But he’s a coward, he’s just playing a game |
He can’t do it, he can’t change it |
It’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 you’re only losing your life |
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 |
We’re not guilty, he was crazy |
And it’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 you’ve only wasted your life |