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The Master's Call - Marty Robbins (马丁·罗宾逊)
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 livin' 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 norhtern started blowin'
And lightnin' 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 a 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 a 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 nearing
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 I vow 'words
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 and give
A miracle performed that night
I wasn't ment to die
The dead ones formed
A barricade least 6 or 7 high
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