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[00:05.45]When I was but a young man I was wild and full of fire
[00:09.92]A youth within my teens, but full of challenge and desire
[00:14.42]I ran away from home and left my mother and my dad
[00:18.98]I know it grieved them so to think their only boy was bad.
[00:24.39]I fell in with an outlaw band, their names were known quite well
[00:28.80]How many times we robbed and plundered, I could never tell
[00:33.34]This kind of sinful living leads only to a fall
[00:37.96]I learned that much and more the night I heard my Master call.
[00:43.36]One night we rustled cattle, a thousand head or so
[00:47.89]And started them out on the trail that leads to Mexico
[00:52.32]But a norther started blowing and lightning flashed about
[00:56.98]I thought someone was calling me, I thought I heard a shout.
[01:03.48]Then at that moment lightning struck not twenty yards from me
[01:07.97]And left there was a giant cross where once there was a tree
[01:13.43]And this time I knew I heard a voice, a voice so sweet and strange
[01:17.93]A voice that came from everywhere, a voice that called my name.
[01:24.24]So frightened I was thinking of sinful deeds I'd done
[01:28.77]I failed to see the thousand head of cattle start to run
[01:33.25]The cattle they stampeded, were running all around
[01:37.79]My pony ran but stumbled and it threw me to the ground.
[01:43.18]I felt the end was near, that death would be the price
[01:47.73]When a mighty bolt of lightning showed the face of Jesus Christ
[01:53.16]And I cried oh Lord forgive me, don't let it happen now
[01:56.70]I want to live for you alone, Oh God these words I vow.
[02:03.07]My wicked past unfolded, I thought of wasted years
[02:07.58]When another bolt of lightning killed a hundred head of steers
[02:12.01]And the others rushed on by me and I was left to live
[02:17.48]The Master had a reason, life is his to take or give.
[02:21.90]A miracle performed that night, I wasn't meant to die
[02:26.55]The dead ones formed a barricade least six or seven high
[02:31.94]And right behind it there was I, afraid but safe and sound
[02:36.45]I cried and begged for mercy kneeling there upon the ground.
[02:40.98]A pardon I was granted, my sinful soul set free
[02:45.57]No more to fear the angry waves upon life's stormy sea
[02:50.94]Forgiven by the love of God, a love that will remain
[02:55.57]I gave my life and soul the night the Saviour called my name...
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