Rita Springer's song and title, "The Blood," singles out the blood and life of Jesus.

There is a blood that cost a life

That paid my way, death its price

When it flowed down from the cross

My sins were gone, my sins forgot

The chorus begins with the joyous line, "So I come, to tell you He's alive."  In the early church, Peter and John were called before the council, and commanded not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus.  Their reply was, "For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard."  Acts 4:20.

So I come to tell you He's alive

To tell you that He dries every tear that falls

So I come, to tell you that He saves

To shout and to proclaim that He is coming back for you

There is a grave, that tried to hide,

This precious blood, that gave me life

In three days, He breathed again.  

And rose to stand, in my defense

Rita shares in a video on You Tube that she has a love for the old hymns.  She said she grew up in the Baptist church for the most part, and she would pray about writing modern day hymns.  One day, she was working on another song with a different time signature and feel to it.  But she had to stop, because it was like she could hear the melody and lyrics to "This Blood," coming for the front window.  It was as clear as if she had known the song.  The song was released in an album in 2011.

Incorporated in the song is an old hymn, "What Can Wash Away My Sins?"

What can wash away my sins, Nothing, Nothing

What can make me whole again, Nothing, Nothing 

What can wash away my sins, Nothing but the blood, Nothing but the blood

Other words to the song are:

This Life, This Price, This Blood, This One

There is a Blood, that sights the blind,

That heals the sick, the lonely finds

It has the power, to free the bound,

As chains fall upon the ground

So pour it out to cleanse my soul

And let's liquid, Glory flow

Because it lives, to make me whole,

I owe my life, I owe my own