You gave me a mountain-artist: frankie laine as sung on "the abc collection"-abc records ac 30001-peak billboard position # 24 in 1969-words and music by marty robbinsborn in the heat of the desertmy mother died givin' me lifedeprived of the love of a fatherblamed for the loss of his wifeyou know, lord, i've been in a prisonfor something that i've never doneit's been one hill after anotherbut i've climbed them all, one by onebut this time, lord, you gave me a mountaina mountain i may never climband is isn't a hill any longeryou gave me a mountain this timemy woman tired of the hardshipstired of the grief and the strifeso tired of workin' for nothin'tired of bein' my wifeshe took my one ray of sunshineshe took my pride and my joyshe took my reason for livin'she took my small baby boyso this time, lord, you gave me a mountaina mountain i may never climband is isn't a hill any longeryou gave me a mountain this timetranscribed by robin hoodthese lyrics were transcribed from the specific recording mentioned aboveand do not necessarily correspond with lyrics from other recordings, sheetmusic, songbooks or lyrics printed on album jackets.