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
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

I'm goin' down
(I'm goin' down, born again)
(I'm goin' down, born again...)