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The Master's Call
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The Master's Call was released on November 20, 1967 by The Gallo Record Company Vault as a part of the album Running Gun
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Release DateNovember 20, 1967
LabelThe Gallo Record Company Vault
LanguageEnglish
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM109

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Billy Forrest
Billy Forrest
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Marty Robbins
Marty Robbins
Songwriter

Lyrics

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 we know 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 the more the night I heard my Master call
One night we rustled cattle, a thousand head or so
Started then along the trail that leads to Mexico
When another started blowing and the lightning flashed about
I thought I heard someone, I thought I heard a shout
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 nearing, that death would be the price
When a mighty bolt of lightning showed the face of Jesus Christ
And I cried, "O Lord, forgive me, don't let it happen now
I wanna live for you alone, O God, these words I vow"
My wicked life unfolded, I thought of wasted years
When another bolt of lightning killed a hundred head of steers
And the others rushed on blindly and I was left to live
The Master had a reason, life was His to take or give
A miracle performed that night, I wasn't meant to die
The dead ones formed a barricade with six or seven high
And right behind them there was I, afraid but safe and sound
I cried in vain 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
Written by: Marty Robbins
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