Born Again Songtext
von Leslie Fish

Mary Margaret hated life. She hid from trouble and pain and strife
When she died of a heart-attack no human body would take her back

Born again! Born again! We′re all condemned to be born again
Not on any celestial plane, but right back here with the same old pain

She came back as a butterfly, with no thought but to eat and fly
'Til she died of a spider′s kiss,
and thought: "There has to be more than this."

This time Mary was born a cat. She learned to cuddle and play and rat
She died old with a happy purr,
but thought there ought to be more to her


Next time, human,
she had more sense. She taught classes in self-defense
'Til the cops came to shut her down.
She took out ten in the final round

This time she was an energy-cloud.
She ringed the Earth in a hopeful shroud
And preached wherever the currents
curled, 'til revolution swept the world

Then a voice told her: "You′ve learned well.
You cleaned the Earth of one piece of hell
So choose the form you prefer to take.
" She said: "I′m human, for heaven's sake!"

Hell and heaven are here on Earth. Every death is another birth
The world we get is the world we
make, so save the Earth for your own sake