Gene Watson - You Gave Me A Mountain lyrics

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 A mountain that I may never climb And it isn't a hill any longer You gave me a mountain this time You gave me a mountain this time