Been Through the Water

The preacher pulled the boy up from the water
Alleluias rose from the banks
There was a new suit of clothes from his father
And a prayer of thanks
The boy walked barefooted
All the way home for dinner
And when they laughed at his muddy feet

He said, "I've been through the water
And I've come out clean
And I got new clothes to cover me
And you don't wear your old shoes
On your brand-new feet
When you've been through the water
Been through the water"

The preacher turned them around at the altar
Pronounced the boy and his girl "man and wife"
In two years, they were mother and father
And they built them a life
And his old girlfriend saw a moment of weakness
She said, "If you're lonely come see me sometime"

He said, "I've been through the water
And I've come out clean
And I got new clothes to cover me
And you don't wear your old shoes
On your brand-new feet
When you've been through the water
I've been through the water"

He baits a hook with his grandson of seven
Says "Soon, I'll be free from these pains"
The boy asked if he's ever been to heaven
He says "No, but I think I know the way
'Cause I've been through the water"

Ooh, "I've been through the water
And I've come out clean
And I got new clothes to cover me
And you don't wear your old shoes
On your brand-new feet
When you've been through the water
I've been through the water"