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

[00:21.52]Mason died on Monday [00:24.59]We bricked him in the wall [00:27.75]All his children grew and grew [00:31.01]They never grew so tall before [00:37.35]May they never grow so tall again [00:44.30] [00:49.58]We dug him up on Tuesday [00:52.52]He'd hardly aged a day [00:55.67]Taught us all he ever knew [00:58.82]We never knew so much before [01:04.97]We may never know so much again [01:11.86] [01:17.32]Mason was a mighty man [01:20.41]A mighty man was he [01:23.43]All he said when dead and gone [01:26.62]Don't you weep for me [01:33.97] [02:32.86]The wall collapsed on Wednesday [02:35.80]We chalked it up to fate [02:38.97]All his children ran and hid [02:42.24]We never hid so well before [02:48.43]Swore we'd never show our face again [02:55.35] [03:00.84]Thursday came then Friday [03:03.72]With fires tall and bright [03:06.94]Mason's children cooked the stew [03:10.19]And cleaned up when the feast was through [03:16.28]Swore we'd never had such times before [03:23.45] [03:29.06]Take me to the Reaper Man [03:31.86]To pay back what was loaned [03:35.03]If he's in some other land [03:38.11]Write it off as stoned [03:45.90] [05:34.18]Take me to the Reaper Man [05:37.34]To pay back what was loaned [05:40.36]If he's in some other land [05:43.48]Write it off as stoned [05:50.12]Oh [05:51.45]