I fell in with an outlaw band,
their names were known quite well
How many times we robbed and plundered,
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,
And started them out on the trail
But a norhtern started blowin'
and lightnin' flashed about
I thought someone was calling me
I thought I heard a shout
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 came from everywhere,
a voice that called my name
So frightened I was thinking
I failed to see a thousand head of
The cattle they stampeded,
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
I want to live for You alone,
oh God these words I vow."
I thought of wasted years
When another bolt of lightning
killed a hundred head of steers
And the others rushed on by me,
life is His to take and give
A miracle performed that night,
The dead ones formed a barricade
And right behind it, there was I,
afraid but safe and sound
I cried and begged for mercy
kneeling there upon the ground
