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 idol 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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