Born Again

Once I was a dying breed, chewin' on an ancient leaf

Before we took the notion to keep up with the times

And leave 'em all behind, chisel to the paper

Tattoos on the ether, fadin' in the light

All the while I'd gorge my gut, come the time then I would rut

Runnin' high and low to find my prehistoric queen

To keep me warm 'til spring when I'd go out with my friends

Graze the land and wonder when I'd see your face again

'Til the day I met my doom, I took one in the boiler room

To put food on the table of a dying breed of man

Once I was a broken heart, and once I tore your heart apart

Once my heart put out before I ever got to breathe

But my soul returned to seed and come to Earth again

Clucking out a livin' as the favorite layin' hen

'Til the day I met my doom, a fox got in the chicken coop

Doin' all he knew to do to feed a hungry den

On and on down the line, I've swam canals and bore the hide

Of plenty births along this ride of being born again

Once I was and you were too, and we were both the word of truth

We built this world together with a loud and mighty bang

Lord it sounded like a train and echoed o'er the land

And we came up with a game to play of being born again