歌曲歌詞
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