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Marty Robbins( Martin David Robinson )
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The Master's Call
Lyricist:Marty Robbins
When I was but a young man I was wild and full of fire A youth within my teens, but 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 Find more lyrics at ※ Mojim.com 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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