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