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 pre-historic 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

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