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Reincarnation
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Reincarnation was released on February 10, 1998 by Rounder as a part of the album A Cowboy's Life
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Release DateFebruary 10, 1998
LabelRounder
LanguageEnglish
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM59

Music Video

Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Glenn Ohrlin
Glenn Ohrlin
Speaker
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Wallace McCrae
Wallace McCrae
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Mark Wilson
Mark Wilson
Producer
Jeff Whitehead
Jeff Whitehead
Mastering Engineer

Lyrics

What is reincarnation?" a cowboy asked his friend
"It starts," his old pal told him, "when your life comes to its end
They comb your hair and wash your neck and clean your fingernails
And put you in a padded box away from life's travails
Now, the box and you goes in a hole that's been dug in the ground
And reincarnation starts in when you're planted beneath that mound
Them clods melts down, just like the box and you who is inside
And that's when you're beginnin' your transformation ride
"And in a while, the grass'll grow upon your rendered mound
Until some day, upon that spot, a lonely flower is found
"And then a horse may wander by and graze upon that flower
That once was you and has now become your vegetative bower
Now, the flower that the horse done eat, along with his other feed
Makes bone and fat and muscle that's essential to the steed
But there's a part that he can't use, and so it passes through
And there it lies upon the ground, this thing that once was you
"And if perchance I should pass by and see this on the ground
I'll stop awhile and I'll ponder at this object that I've found
And I'll think about reincarnation and life and death and such
And I'll come away concludin', 'Why, you ain't changed all that much'"
Written by: Wallace McCrae
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