...And then you had to bring up reincarnation
Over a couple of beers the other night
And now I'm serving time for mistakes
Made by another in another lifetime

How long 'til my soul gets it right
Can any human being ever reach that kind of light
I call on the resting soul of Galileo
King of night vision, king of insight

And then I think about my fear of motion
Which I never could explain
Some other fool across the ocean years ago
Must have crashed his little airplane

Repeat Chorus

I'm not making a joke
You know me, I take everything so seriously
If we wait for the time 'til our souls get it right
Then at least I know there'll be no nuclear annihilation in my lifetime
I'm still not right

I offer thanks to those before me
That's all I've got to say
'cause maybe you squandered big bucks in your lifetime
Now I have to pay

But then again it feels like some sort of inspiration
To let the next life off the hook
She'll say, "Look what I had to overcome in my last life;
I think I'll write a book."

How long 'til my soul gets it right?
Can any human being ever reach the highest light
Except for Galileo, God rest his soul
King of night vision, king of insight
How long, how long?

by the Indigo Girls