Turned Around

Verse 1 (Childhood and teenage turn) (Intro: Acoustic guitar or clean electric picking (highway/driving feel) (→ layered with subtle organ or piano for that gospel-tinged warmth )

I was just a boy when the stories filled my soul
Jesus loves the little children, make the broken whole
Sunday school and mama’s prayers, seeds in tender ground
But the world came calling loud, and I turned around
Teenage nights under streetlights, chasing shadows far from home
Friends with easy promises, said I’d never be alone
Left the light behind me, stepped into the dark unknown
And I turned around
Chorus
Oh, I was lost on a one-way road
Chasing highs that left me low
But Your voice was whispering through the storm
Gentle love that kept me warm
You never let go, though I ran so far
Calling my name like a guiding star
In the wreckage, in the pain, You found me on the ground
And You turned me around
You turned me around
Verse 2 (Downfall years)
Pills and weed, empty bottles, years blurred into haze
Sleeping on the sidewalks, lost in endless days
Relationships in pieces, hearts I broke along the way
Law came knocking heavy, chains to pay
Homeless winters, hungry nights, screaming at the sky
“Why’d You let me fall so low? Where were You, tell me why?”
But in the silence, soft and sure, I’d feel You drawing nigh
A gentle pull, a faithful cry
Chorus
Oh, I was lost on a one-way road
Chasing highs that left me low
But Your voice was whispering through the storm
Gentle love that kept me warm
You never let go, though I ran so far
Calling my name like a guiding star
In the wreckage, in the pain, You found me on the ground
And You turned me around
You turned me around
Bridge (Strip it back to piano/organ + vocal (intimate surrender moment), then explode into the final chorus.)
One desperate morning, broken on my knees
Echoes of the old hymns rising up in me
“Jesus, if You’re real, come and set me free”
And mercy met me right there, washed the old man clean
Verse 3 (Restoration and calling)
Now the chains are broken, feet on solid ground
Preaching on the corners where I once was bound
Sharing how the Savior chased me, never let me drown
How grace reached down and turned my life around
Final Chorus (Triumphant, with slight variation)
Oh, I was lost but now I’m found
Was blind but now I see the crown
Your voice that whispered through the storm
Brought this prodigal safely home
You never let go, though I strayed so far
Now I lift Your name, my guiding star
From the darkness to the light, standing on this holy ground
Lord, You turned me around
You turned me around
Forever turned around

70s Classic Rock Ballad with Southern/Heartland Rock Edge,raspy heartfelt baritone, mid tempo 110 bpm,E Aeolian.