Don Edwards - Stompede! lyrics

Chant of the Night Songs When days work is over and suppertime's gone I'll tell you a story of the night riders song That long lonesome whistle and the tunes with no words It's the chant of the night songs we sang round the herd Spoken words Cattle on the bed ground and I hope that they'll stay Till we're back on the trail at the breakin' of day But until dawn I hope that they'll sleep Rest easy weary cattle to the cowboys melody Spoken words My trusty little night horse he's gentle and smart And he's heard my songs so much he knows em by heart The creak of the saddle a loose bridle rein With his hooves keepin' time to poor Liza Jane Spoken words Got to keep the herd settled don't want no stampede Two thousand runnin' steers is what I don't need 'Cause lightning and longhorns ain't no kind of game It's sure hell for leather through the thunder and rain Spoken words Master's Call When I was but a young man, 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 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'd robbed and plundered, I could never tell This kind of sinful livin' will lead 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 When a norther started blowin' and lightnin' flashed about I thought someone was calling me, 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 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 the sinful deeds I'd done I failed to see a thousand head of cattle start to run The cattle they stampeded and were running all around My pony ran but stumbled and threw me to the ground I felt the end was nearing, that d**h would be the price When a mighty bolt of lightning showed the face of Jesus Christ Then I cried, "Oh Lord, forgive me, don't let it happen now I want to live for You alone, God these words I vow" My wicked past unfolded and I thought of wasted years When another bolt of lightning k**ed 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 meant to die The dead ones formed a barricade least 6 or 7 high And 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 and 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 Savior called my name I gave my life and soul the night the Savior called my name