In my house there's been a mercy killing
The man I used to be has been crucified
And the death of this man was the final way of revealing,
In the spiritual way to live, I had to die
Now if I let that dead man linger in me,
I might get a little idle in my way
So, I'm going down to the celebration river,
And take this dead man down to a water grave

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I'm goin' down to the river
And I'm gonna be buried alive
I want to show my Heavenly Father,
The man I use to be has finally died

Now when I think of where I'm goin',
In terms of where I've been,
It makes me glad to know, my Lord, that I've been born again
Now when I think of where I'm goin',
In terms of where I've been,
It makes me glad to know, my Lord, that I've been born again

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