PETER, PAUL & MARY - The Great Mandala lyrics

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