Mason's Children (Live, New York, January 2, 1970)

歌詞

Mason died on Monday We bricked him in the wall All his children grew and grew They never grew so tall before They may never grow so tall again We dug him up on Tuesday He'd hardly aged a day Taught them all he ever knew They never knew so much before They may never know so much again Mason was a mighty man A mighty man was he All he said: "when I'm dead and gone Don't you weep for me" The wall collapsed on Wednesday We chalked it up to fate All his children ran and hid They never hid so well before Swore they'd never show their face again Thursday came and Friday With fires tall and bright Mason's children cooked the stew And cleaned up when the feast was through Swore they'd never had such times before Take me to the Reaper Man To pay back what was loaned If he's in some other land Write it off as stoned