Johnny Cash – Man In White (Guitar)

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I studied at the feet of a master,

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Gamaliel we called him, the beauty of the law,

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I was born of the Tribe of Benjamin, I was a Pharisee,

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and I could quote from memory the Holy Torah.

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That day that the Nazarene was brought to trial,

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it was on a Sabbath eve, there was a earthquake when He died,

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just another passing preacher who came up from Galilee,

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blaspheming trouble-maker, we let Him be crucified.

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Then I thought that I would hear no more about him,

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but his friends found his tomb empty, claimed that he rose from the dead,

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then they said he walked among them with the nail wounds in his hands,

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that King upon a donkey with a thorn crown on his head.

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His followers kept growing in great number,

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and the one that they call Caiaphas mocked us in the judgement hall,

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and with the Greek name Stephen we knew the gentiles had come in,

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I cast my vote against him, he was stoned I saw him fall.

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Then the friends of the Nazarene became united,

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and I became enraged then led a slaughter zealously,

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I found their secret places, they were beaten, they were chained,

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but some of them were scattered, justified in fearing me.

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Then the Man in White, appeared to me,

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in such a blinding light it struck me down,

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with its brilliance, took away my sight, then the Man in White,

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in gentle loving tone spoke to me,

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and I was blinded so that I might see, the Man in White

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But like the wind that blows the scattered sea,

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From Alexandria to Antioch their congregation grew,

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I went to the high priest for letters of permission,

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to go to other cities, to see my mission through.

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Six days on the hot road to Damascus,

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and just outside the city in the middle of the day,

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a great unearthly light struck and overpowered me,

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prostrate on the hot road, I was blinded were I lay.

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Then I thought I heard the rushing of great water,

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and a multitude of angels singing sweet and heavenly,

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and through the sound of wind, came a voice so soft and kind,

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meant for only me to hear, Saul, why do you persecute me?

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As I lay there on the ground, in my blindness,

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he asked me once again, and suddenly the voice I knew,

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so finally I managed, a trembling response,

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who are you Lord?, I asked him, but I already knew.

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I am Jesus of Nazareth the voice answered,

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arise go to Damascus on the street called Straight will be,

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a place where you will wait for my servant Ananais,

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he will open up your eyes, you'll be a witness unto me.

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So now I live to serve my master,

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as zealous in his service as I once was as his foe,

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and keeping his commandments given on Damascus road,

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I go to all the world, and I let the whole world know,

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Then the Man in White, appeared to me,

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in such a blinding light it struck me down,

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with its brilliance, took away my sight, then the Man in White,

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in gentle loving tone spoke to me,

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and I was blinded so that I might see, the Man in White.

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and I was blinded so that I might see, the Man in White.

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the Man in White...