(originally by Dorothy Love Coates)
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A Samarian woman
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Came running to the city
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To talk about the man she saw
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She took her pitcher
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Went to the well
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Water she intended to draw
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The stranger she met there
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She didn't know where he came from
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But when he told her
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Every sinful thing she had done
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The man at the well
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Blessed my soul and go on
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Her friends asked her
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"Do you know that man?"
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She said "No, I never saw him before"
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They asked her "Did you get his name?"
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She said "He didn't tell me and I don't know
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When he spoke, my soul caught on fire
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And I'll remember that day 'til the day that I die
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He stopped by
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Blessed my soul and go on
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The stranger was next seen in our city
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He was standing off an angry mob
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Defending a women who'd been caught
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In the very act of adultery
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For pity and mercy she sought
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He said "Ye who is without sin cast the first stone"
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And when he raised her from the ground
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All her accusers were gone
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He gave her a smile, waved farewell and moved on
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The crowd asked her
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"Do you know the man?"
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She said "No, I never saw him before"
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They asked her "Did you get his name?"
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"He didn't tell me and I don't know
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But when he touched me I felt the power from the arms
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And I ain't gonna do no wrong
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He stopped by
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Saved my life and moved on
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I met that same man
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I met that same man
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When I turned my eyes away from fear
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He opened up his arms and he took me near
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Oh I found the power
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My soul caught on fire
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He stopped by
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Blessed my soul
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He stopped by
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Blessed my soul
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He stopped by
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Saved my life
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And moved on
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The Strange Man
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Patty Griffin |