Testo Muir And The Master Builder

I asked the Master Builder, why did he make John Muir From the seed of a man so hard and unforgiving? A father who tried to use the Gospel to ensure That his son's life would never be worth living And the Lord's voice whispered on the high Sierra wind From the mountains where the clear waters lie Saying "Hold the bravest heart above the gravest of sins And I'll show you how to make a hero rise" "Leave Calvin and the Bible to the parish of Dunbar Give a blind man back his eyes to find the brightest of the stars And lead him to the altar of a better God by far In the vale of the Redwood Cathedral" I asked the Master Builder how did he find a way To put the man in the mountain and the mountain in the man? How long did he search to find the uncommon clay That he needed for his Master Builder's plan? And the Lord's voice came down from the high Sierra skies Saying, "Take a heart of hard Scottish stone Plant the seed of a wild place deep down inside And I'll show you how to call a hero home" As I stand by the thunder of the roaring mountain falls And I hear California call you saviour I cannot help but wonder had a different fortune called Would you have done the same for Scotland the Brave Your home and your father's? God lives above the redwoods so they say Looking down straight and true at the best of all his treasures And if a man should stand among them to pray It's against them the lord will take his measure And who grew straighter than long Johnny Muir A redwood of flesh, blood and bone Filled by the Master Builder with a passion so pure For the mountains that no one can ever own