Considering reincarnation from a western (cowboy) point of view. A singing telegram to my friends in a previous life.

BORN AGAIN ©1994 JIM HARRIS I AM FINE, HOW ARE YOU IS MY VOICE COMING THROUGH WON'T YOU TAKE DOWN THIS PIECE OF NEWS WHEN MY SHIP CAME TO REST IT WAS ONLY A TEST JUST A SHAKEDOWN BEFORE THE CRUISE AND NOW I HAVE A NEW ADDRESS NEW CONSCIOUSNESS ANOTHER CHANCE TO MEET THE BRINK TO SWIM OR SINK AND I DON'T KNOW WHERE I COME FROM DON'T KNOW WHERE I'M GOING BUT NOTHING CAN SURPRISE ME ANYMORE 'CAUSE I FEEL LIKE I'VE BEEN THROUGH IT ALL BEFORE HIDDEN WONDER, DISTANT THUNDER IN MY WAKE MOUNTAINTOPS THAT POKE INTO MY DREAMS GRIM REMAINING, UNEXPLAINING NO MISTAKE NOTHING IS AS SIMPLE AS IT SEEMS IF YOU SEE THAT I'M GONE DON'T WAIT UP, CARRY ON LET ME GO NOW JUST MOVE ALONG WITH MY HOPES NEATLY PINNED TO A NEW-FANGLED WIND I DON'T KNOW HOW I CAN GO WRONG

BUT EVEN WHEN I LOSE I WIN I DRINK IT IN AND ALWAYS WHEN I WIN I LOSE THEY COME IN TWOS 'CAUSE DRAMA IS MY MAMA FREEDOM IS MY FATE WHAT MATTERS IS WHAT MATTERS NOW AND THEN AND I THINK I'M GONNA PASS THIS WAY AGAIN WRITE MY PART OUT, POUR MY HEART OUT FILL MY CUP KNOW I'M GONNA SHOW NEXT TIME AROUND TAKE ME TO IT, LEAD ME THROUGH IT USE ME UP BRING MY GOOD FOOT GENTLY TO THE GROUND AND NOW I HAVE A BIGGER BRAIN WHICH WOULD EXPLAIN WHY EVERY ONE WHO COMES BEFORE ME SEEMS SO SMALL BUT FOR EVERY WAY I'M BETTER THERE'S A CORRESPONDING WORSE THIS KNOWLEDGE IS A BLESSING AND A CURSE AND I THINK I NEED TO PASS THIS WAY AGAIN 'CAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHERE I'M HEADED DON'T KNOW WHERE I'VE BEEN BUT I'VE LOVED MOST EVERY BODY I'VE BEEN IN AND I SEE MY KARMA COMIN' 'ROUND THE BEND AS I TRIP THE LIGHT FANTASTIC BORN AGAIN

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