The Master's Call
When I was but a young man
I was wild and full of fire
A youth within my teens
Bur full of challenge and desire
I ran away from home
And left my mother and my dad
I know it grieved them so
To think their only boy was bad
I fell in with an outlaw band
Their names were known quite well
How many times we robbed and plundered
I could never tell
This kind of sinful living
Leads only to a fall
I learned that much and more
The night I heard my Master call
One night we rustled cattle
A thousand head or so
And started them out
On the trail that leads to Mexico
But a norther started blowing
And lightning flashed about
I thought someone was calling me
I thought I heard a shout
Then at that moment lightning struck
Not twenty yards from me
And left there was a giant cross
Where once there was a tree
And this time I knew I heard a voice
A voice so sweet and strange
A voice that came from everywhere
A voice that called my name
So frightened I was thinking
Of sinful deeds I'd done
I failed to see the thousand head
Of cattle start to run
The cattle they stampeded
Were running all around
My pony ran but stumbled
And it threw me to the ground
I felt the end was near
That death would be the price
When a mighty bolt of lightning
Showed the face of Jesus Christ
And I cried oh Lord forgive me
Don't let it happen now
I want to live for you alone
Oh God these words I vow
My wicked past unfolded
I thought of wasted years
When another bolt of lightning killed a hundred head of steers
And the others rushed on by me and I was left to live
The Master had a reason
Life is his to take or give
A miracle performed that night
I wasn't meant to die
The dead ones formed a barricade
'Least six or seven high
And right behind it there was I
Afraid but safe and sound
I cried and begged for mercy
Kneeling there upon the ground
A pardon I was granted
My sinful soul set free
No more to fear the angry waves
Upon life's stormy sea
Forgiven by the love of God
A love that will remain
I gave my life and soul the night the Saviour called my name
I was wild and full of fire
A youth within my teens
Bur full of challenge and desire
I ran away from home
And left my mother and my dad
I know it grieved them so
To think their only boy was bad
I fell in with an outlaw band
Their names were known quite well
How many times we robbed and plundered
I could never tell
This kind of sinful living
Leads only to a fall
I learned that much and more
The night I heard my Master call
One night we rustled cattle
A thousand head or so
And started them out
On the trail that leads to Mexico
But a norther started blowing
And lightning flashed about
I thought someone was calling me
I thought I heard a shout
Then at that moment lightning struck
Not twenty yards from me
And left there was a giant cross
Where once there was a tree
And this time I knew I heard a voice
A voice so sweet and strange
A voice that came from everywhere
A voice that called my name
So frightened I was thinking
Of sinful deeds I'd done
I failed to see the thousand head
Of cattle start to run
The cattle they stampeded
Were running all around
My pony ran but stumbled
And it threw me to the ground
I felt the end was near
That death would be the price
When a mighty bolt of lightning
Showed the face of Jesus Christ
And I cried oh Lord forgive me
Don't let it happen now
I want to live for you alone
Oh God these words I vow
My wicked past unfolded
I thought of wasted years
When another bolt of lightning killed a hundred head of steers
And the others rushed on by me and I was left to live
The Master had a reason
Life is his to take or give
A miracle performed that night
I wasn't meant to die
The dead ones formed a barricade
'Least six or seven high
And right behind it there was I
Afraid but safe and sound
I cried and begged for mercy
Kneeling there upon the ground
A pardon I was granted
My sinful soul set free
No more to fear the angry waves
Upon life's stormy sea
Forgiven by the love of God
A love that will remain
I gave my life and soul the night the Saviour called my name
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Writer(s): Marty Robbins
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