quinta-feira, 16 de setembro de 2021

1392 – Elvis Presley – You gave me a mountain (1973)



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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