Escrita por Marty Robbins, foi gravada inicialmente por Frankie Laine e lançada em 1969 por ele. Viria a ser gravada por muita gente, incluindo o próprio Robbins. A nossa versão no entanto é a de Elvis Presley. A versão de Elvis foi gravada ao vivo em Honolulu e lançada no disco Aloha from Hawaii: Via Satellite. Foi regravada também por Don McLean e Dean Martin, entre outros artistas.
A letra:
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 never
done
It's been one hill after another
I've climbed them all one
by one
Oh but this time, Lord
you gave me a mountain
A mountain I may never climb
It isn't
just a hill any longer
You gave me a mountain this time
My woman got tired of
heartaches
Tired of the grief and the strife
So tired of
working for nothing
Just 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
Oh but this time, Lord
you gave me a mountain
A mountain I may never climb
It isn't
just a hill any longer
You gave me a mountain this time.
You gave me a mountain this time.
A mountain this time, oh oh oh
A versão de Elvis Presley:
A versão de Don McLean:
A versão de Frankie Lane:
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