| 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. |
| Chorus: |
| 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. |
| Chorus |