Creepy Reincarnation Song

I'll be teaching on Eastern religious worldviews and their New Age spawns in the West in a couple weeks, and I like to have songs that illustrate some aspect of the worldview to mix things up for the students.

Well, I heard this song on Coast To Coast AM last weekend and knew it was perfect so I got it on iTunes. The only problem is, I get a deep and creepy feeling every time I listen to it.

Here are the words. The name of the song is "Highwayman," and it was recorded in 1985 by The Highwaymen. I'm sure you'll see why I'll use it in these upcoming classes once you read it.

I was a highwayman. Along the coach roads I did ride
With sword and pistol by my side
Many a young maid lost her baubles to my trade
Many a soldier shed his lifeblood on my blade
The bastards hung me in the spring of twenty-five
But I am still alive.

I was a sailor. I was born upon the tide
And with the sea I did abide.
I sailed a schooner round the Horn to Mexico
I went aloft and furled the mainsail in a blow
And when the yards broke off they said that I got killed
But I am living still.

I was a dam builder across the river deep and wide
Where steel and water did collide
A place called Boulder on the wild Colorado
I slipped and fell into the wet concrete below
They buried me in that great tomb that knows no sound
But I am still around..I'll always be around..and around and around and around and around

I fly a starship across the Universe divide
And when I reach the other side
I'll find a place to rest my spirit if I can
Perhaps I may become a highwayman again
Or I may simply be a single drop of rain
But I will remain
And I'll be back again, and again and again and again and again.

What do you think? Is it creepy, or am I just a wuss?