You Gave Me a Mountain

(Marty Robbins)

Bill Anderson & Larry Fullam



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.



And 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...