Well, once I was a stone, many years ago   Into a pool was thrown, many years ago   Time went by and the pool ran dry      Excavated was I and tempered   And beat in the fiery heat   By the hand of a man whose name was Dan   Dan the blacksmith      Well, once I was a daisy, many years ago   In pastures green and lazy, many years ago   But I was on my goat who fell in a moat      And forgetting to float   He sunk like a lead and stayed until dead   And was relieved to find   Well, just how kind it all was      Well, once I was a bullfrog, had to struggle for survival   And once I was a carp and lived in waters on the meadow   And once I was a myna bird, quoting verses from the Bible   I said, "Pretty boy, pretty boy, Saint Luke"      Then I was born, a human baby, a many years ago   I remember I was born unto a lady, a many years ago      All our hopes were piled on the back of a child   Who turned out to be wild, sent the Devil a prayer   Caused the parson to swear so I took my leave   To lie and thieve on my way to jail      Well, I've been a tinker, tailor, soldier, sailor   Known good times and disaster   But now I found a teacher   And my teacher has a master      And the master is perfection   So he'll help us get there faster   Don't need no proof, 'cause it's the truth   And I'll drink to that