Man In White

I studied at the feet of a master

Gamaliel we called him, the beauty of the law

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

And I could quote from memory the Holy Torah



That day that the Nazarene was brought to trial

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

Just another passing preacher who came up from Galilee

Blaspheming trouble-maker, we let Him be crucified



Then I thought that I would hear no more about him

But his friends found his tomb empty

Claimed that he rose from the dead

Then they said he walked among them

With the nail wounds in his hands

That King upon a donkey with a thorn crown on his head



His followers kept growing in great number

And the one that they call Caiaphas mocked us in the judgment hall

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

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



Then the friends of the Nazarene became united

And I became enraged then led a slaughter zealously

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

But some of them were scattered, justified in fearing me



Then the Man in White, appeared to me

In such a blinding light it struck me down

With it's brilliance, took away my sight, then the Man in White

In gentle loving tone spoke to me

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



But like the wind that blows the scattered sea

From Alexandria to Antioch their congregation grew

I went to the high priest for letters of permission

To go to other cities, to see my mission through



Six days on the hot road to the masters

And just outside the city in the middle of the day

A great unearthly light struck and overpowered me

Prostrate on the hot road, I was blinded were I laid



Then I thought I heard the rushing of great water

And a multitude of angels singing sweet and heavenly

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

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



As I lay there on the ground, in my blindness

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

So finally I managed, a trembling response

Who are you Lord? I asked him, but I already knew



I am Jesus of Nazareth the voice answered

Arise go to Damascus on the street called Straight will be

A place where you will wait for my servant Ananias

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



So now I live to serve my master

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

And keeping his commandments given on Damascus road

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



Then the Man in White, appeared to me

In such a blinding light it struck me down

With it's brilliance, took away my sight, then the Man in White

In gentle loving tone spoke to me

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

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

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