Past Lives - Langhorne Slim, The Law

I don’t remember being born, I don’t remember how it felt

I never knew the deal or the way it was dealt

I know it was in August and I heard it was hot

I know I got a mother who loves me a lot

Do you believe in past lives?

Haven’t I met you before?

When they said that I was dead

It wasn’t true, I was just dead to you

And I ain’t dead anymore

Maybe I was an outlaw or the law itself

Maybe I was a rich man or a rich man’s help

Perhaps I lived in China, perhaps I loved in vain

Maybe I missed the boat but made the train

Do you believe in past lives?

Haven’t I met you before?

When they said that I was dead

It wasn’t true, I was just dead to you

And I ain’t dead, I ain’t dead anymore

I wish that I were good, no man, I wish that I were great

I wish that I’d been early more often than late

But nothing lasts forever, maybe that’s fate

When you’re alive you’re alright, when you’re dead you’re a saint

Do you believe in past lives?

Haven’t I met you before?

Oh honey when they said, «Scolnick is dead»

It wasn’t true, I was just dead to you

Well, I ain’t dead, I ain’t dead anymore