Johnny Cash - Man In White Lyrics
I studied at the feet of a masterGamaliel we called him, the beauty of the lawI was born of the Tribe of Benjamin, I was a PhariseeAnd I could quote from memory the Holy TorahThat day that the Nazarene was brought to trialIt was on a Sabbath eve, there was a earthquake when He diedJust another passing preacher who came up from GalileeBlaspheming trouble-maker, we let Him be crucifiedThen I thought that I would hear no more about himBut his friends found his tomb emptyClaimed that he rose from the deadThen they said he walked among themWith the nail wounds in his handsThat King upon a donkey with a thorn crown on his headHis followers kept growing in great numberAnd the one that they call Caiaphas mocked us in the judgment hallAnd with the Greek name Stephen, we knew the gentiles had come inI cast my vote against him, he was stoned I saw him fallThen the friends of the Nazarene became unitedAnd I became enraged then led a slaughter zealouslyI found their secret places, they were beaten, they were chainedBut some of them were scattered, justified in fearing meThen the Man in White, appeared to meIn such a blinding light it struck me downWith it's brilliance, took away my sight, then the Man in WhiteIn gentle loving tone spoke to meAnd I was blinded so that I might see, the Man in WhiteBut like the wind that blows the scattered seaFrom Alexandria to Antioch their congregation grewI went to the high priest for letters of permissionTo go to other cities, to see my mission throughSix days on the hot road to the mastersAnd just outside the city in the middle of the dayA great unearthly light struck and overpowered meProstrate on the hot road, I was blinded were I laidThen I thought I heard the rushing of great waterAnd a multitude of angels singing sweet and heavenlyAnd through the sound of wind, came a voice so soft and kindMeant for only me to hear, "Saul, why do you persecute me?"As I lay there on the ground, in my blindnessHe asked me once again, and suddenly the voice I knewSo finally I managed, a trembling responseWho are you Lord? I asked him, but I already knewI am Jesus of Nazareth the voice answeredArise go to Damascus on the street called Straight will beA place where you will wait for my servant AnaniasHe will open up your eyes, you'll be a witness unto meSo now I live to serve my masterAs zealous in his service as I once was as his foeAnd keeping his commandments given on Damascus roadI go to all the world, and I let the whole world knowThen the Man in White, appeared to meIn such a blinding light it struck me downWith it's brilliance, took away my sight, then the Man in WhiteIn gentle loving tone spoke to meAnd I was blinded so that I might see, the Man in WhiteAnd I was blinded so that I might see, the Man in WhiteThe Man in White [unverified]
