Water Grave The Imperials

Now 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
I'm gonna take this dead man
Down to a water grave

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

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

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