Man In White - Johnny Cash

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

The Man in White