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 a prisoner   For something I've never done   It's been one hill after another   And 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 grew tired of the hardships   Tired of the grief and the strife   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