The Great Mandala Lyrics

The song The Great Mandala is performed by Peter Paul & Mary in the album named Lifelines in the year 1995 .



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




Peter Paul & Mary - Lifelines

Apr 1995

  1. The Kid (Lifelines LP Version)
  2. Wanderin'/Nobody Knows When You're Down And Out
  3. For The Love Of It All (Lifelines LP Version)
  4. Home Is Where The Heart Is (Lifelines LP Version)
  5. Babylon/Oh Sinner Man (Lifelines LP Version)
  6. House Of The Rising Sun (Lifelines LP Version)
  7. Take The Chance (Lifelines LP Version)
  8. September Song (Lifelines LP Version)
  9. Old Enough (Ode To An Aging Rocker) (Lifelines LP Version)
  10. 24 Green Street (Lifelines LP Version)
  11. The Great Mandala (The Wheel Of Life) (Lifelines LP Version)
  12. Deportee (Lifelines LP Version)
  13. 75 Septembers (Lifelines LP Version)
  14. But A Moment (Lifelines LP Version)
  15. River Of Jordan (Lifelines LP Version)


The Great Mandala