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Born Again

from Sea of Dreams by Leslie Fish

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lyrics

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.

(Chorus):
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.

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from Sea of Dreams, released January 22, 2022

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Leslie Fish Phoenix, Arizona

If there's one name that's practically synonymous with filk (Science Fiction folk music), it's Leslie Fish. Leslie has written literally hundreds of songs covering almost every subject, from the space program ("Hope Eyrie"), to Star Trek ("Banned From Argo") to urban life, history, and space fantasy ("Carmen Miranda's Ghost"). ... more

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