Born in the heat of the desert   My mother died giving me life   Deprived of the love, the love of my father   I was blamed for the loss of his wife      You know, Lord, I've been in a prison   Oh, but for something that I, that I, I've never done   Well, it's been one hill right after another   Still I, I climbed them all one by one      But this time, Lord   Oh Lord, You gave me   You gave me a mountain, yes, You did   A mountain I, I may never climb      My woman got tired of the hardships   Tired of the grief and the strife   So tired, tired of working for nothing   Tired of even being, being my wife      She took my, my one ray of sunshine   She took my, my pride and my joy   She took my one reason for living   She took my small baby boy      So this time, Lord   Oh Lord, You gave me   You gave me a mountain, yes, You did, did, yeah   A mountain I may never climb      And it isn't   No, it isn't a hill, a hill any longer   'Coz You gave me   You gave me a mountain this time