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 that I've
 never done
It's been one hill after another but I've climbed them all 
one by one
But this time Lord you gave me a mountain a mountain 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 she took my small baby boy
So this time Lord you gave me...