Mark Wills - Jacob's Ladder Lyrics
(tony martin/carl sweat/brenda sweat)Jacob was a dirt poor farm boyRaised at the fork in the road in a clapboard houseAnd rachael was a land barons daughterBorn with a silver spoon in her mouthHer daddy said he wouldnt standFor rachael to waste her life with a common manHe tried hard to keep them apartBut you cant draw lines in a young girls heartSo late one night by the harvest moonJacob climed a ladder up to rachaels roomHe knew his place, it was right beside herStep by step up to her worldHead over heels for a brown-eyed girlAnd gettin caught didnt seem to mattercause heaven was waitin at the top of jacobs ladderItll be five years septemberSince her daddy found a ladder and a note on her windowsillHe swore hed never forgive themBut nothin melts a heart like a grandchild willNow she climbs up on his kneeSays, grandpa, tell a story, the one about meHe thinks back and his eyes shineSays, listen child, once upon a timeLate one night by the harvest moonYour daddy climbed a ladder to your mamas roomHe knew his place, it was right besde herStep by step up to her worldHead over heels for my little girlAnd here you are, thats all that matterscause heaven was watin at the top of jacobs ladderOh, an angel was waitin at the top of jacobs ladder
