You Gave Me A Mountain

Born in the heat of the desert my mother died giving me life
 Deprived of the love of a father blamed for the loss of his wife
 You know Lord I've been in a prison for something I've never done
 It's been one hill after another but I've climbed them all one by one
 But this time you gave me a mountain
 A mountain that I may never climb
 And it isn't a hill any longer
 You gave me a mountain this time
 My woman got tired of the hardships tired of the grief and the strife
 So tired of working for nothing tired of being my wife
 She took my one ray of sunshine she took my pride and my joy
 She took my reason for living oh she took my small baby boy
 So this time Lord you gave me a mountain...
 You gave me a mountain this time