Patty Griffin - The Strange Man lyrics

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A Samarian woman<br>

Came running to the city<br>

To talk about the man she saw<br>

She took her pitcher<br>

Went to the well<br>

Water she intended to draw<br>

The stranger she met there<br>

She didn't know where he came from<br>

But when he told her<br>

Every sinful thing she had done<br>

The man at the well<br>

Blessed my soul and go on<br>

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Her friends asked her<br>

"Do you know that man?"<br>

She said "No, I never saw him before"<br>

They asked her "Did you get his name?"<br>

She said "He didn't tell me and I don't know<br>

When he spoke, my soul caught on fire<br>

And I'll remember that day 'til the day that I die<br>

He stopped by<br>

Blessed my soul and go on<br>

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The stranger was next seen in our city<br>

He was standing off an angry mob<br>

Defending a women who'd been caught<br>

In the very act of adultery<br>

For pity and mercy she sought<br>

He said "Ye who is without sin cast the first stone"<br>

And when he raised her from the ground<br>

All her accusers were gone<br>

He gave her a smile, waved farewell and moved on<br>

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The crowd asked her<br>

"Do you know the man?"<br>

She said "No, I never saw him before"<br>

They asked her "Did you get his name?"<br>

"He didn't tell me and I don't know<br>

But when he touched me I felt the power from the arms<br>

And I ain't gonna do no wrong<br>

He stopped by<br>

Saved my life and moved on<br>

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I met that same man<br>

I met that same man<br>

When I turned my eyes away from fear<br>

He opened up his arms and he took me near<br>

Oh I found the power<br>

My soul caught on fire<br>

He stopped by<br>

Blessed my soul<br>

He stopped by<br>

Blessed my soul<br>

He stopped by<br>

Saved my life<br>

And moved on <br>

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