" 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 to Prison
For something that I never done
It's been one Hill after another
But I've climbed them all one by one

Yeah, But this time,
Lord you gave me a Mountain
A Mountain oh I may never climb
But It isn't just a Hill any longer
You gave me a Mountain this time, ah

My Woman got tired of the Hardship
Tired of the Grief and the Strife
Oh Lord she got tired of working for nothing
Yeah just 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
She took my small Baby Boy

Yeah but this time,
Lord you gave me a Mountain
Yeah, a Mountain you know I may never climb
And it isn't just a Hill any longer
You gave me a Mountain this time

Yeah Lord
You gave me a Mountain

This ... this time

Oh oh Yeah
 

  Words & Music By
 Marty Robbins