You Gave Me a Mountain

Born in the heat of the desert My mother died giving me life Deprived of the love, the love of my father I was blamed for the loss of his wife You know, Lord, I've been in a prison Oh, but for something that I, that I, I've never done Well, it's been one hill right after another Still I, I climbed them all one by one But this time, Lord Oh Lord, You gave me You gave me a mountain, yes, You did A mountain I, I may never climb My woman got tired of the hardships Tired of the grief and the strife So tired, tired of working for nothing Tired of even being, being my wife She took my, my one ray of sunshine She took my, my pride and my joy She took my one reason for living She took my small baby boy So this time, Lord Oh Lord, You gave me You gave me a mountain, yes, You did, did, yeah A mountain I may never climb And it isn't No, it isn't a hill, a hill any longer 'Coz You gave me You gave me a mountain this time