JA COB WAS A

DIRT- POOR FARM BOY

RAISED AT THE FORK

IN THE ROAD

IN A CLAP BOARD HOUSE

AND RA CHEL WAS A

LAND BA RON'S

DAUGH TER

BORN WITH A

SIL VER SPOON

IN HER MOUTH

HER DAD DY

SAID HE WOULD N'T STAND

FOR RA CHEL

TO WASTE HER LIFE

WITH A COM MON MAN

HE TRIED HARD

TO KEEP THEM A PART

BUT YOU

CAN'T DRAW LINES

IN A YOUNG GIRL'S HEART

SO LATE ONE NIGHT

BY THE HAR VEST MOON

JA COB CLIMBED

A LAD DER

UP TO RA CHEL'S ROOM

HE KNEW HIS PLACE

IT WAS RIGHT

BE SIDE HER

STEP BY STEP

UP TO HER WORLD

HEAD OVER HEELS

FOR A BROWN- EYED GIRL

AND GET TIN' CAUGHT

DID N'T SEEM TO MAT TER

'CAUSE HEAV EN

WAS A -WAIT IN'

AT THE TOP

OF JA COB'S LAD DER

IT'LL BE

FIVE YEARS SEP TEM BER

SINCE HER DAD DY

FOUND A LAD DER

AND A NOTE

ON HER WIN DOW SILL

SWORE HE'D NEV ER

FOR GIVE THEM

NOTH IN' MELTS A HEART

LIKE A GRAND CHILD WILL

NOW SHE CLIMBS

UP ON HIS KNEE

SAYS GRAND PA

TELL A STO RY

THE ONE A BOUT ME

HE THINKS BACK

AND HIS EYES SHINE

SAYS LIS TEN CHILD

ONCE UP ON A TIME

LATE ONE NIGHT

BY THE HAR VEST MOON

YOUR DAD DY

CLIMBED A LAD DER

TO YOUR MOM MA'S ROOM

HE KNEW HIS PLACE

IT WAS RIGHT

BE SIDE HER

STEP BY STEP

UP TO HER WORLD

HEAD OVER HEELS

FOR MY LIT TLE GIRL

AND HERE YOU ARE

THAT'S ALL

THAT MAT TERS

'CAUSE HEAV EN

WAS A- WAIT IN'

AT THE TOP

OF JA COB'S LAD DER

OH AN AN GEL

WAS WAIT IN' AT THE TOP

OF JA COB'S LAD DER