JACOB WAS A
DIRT-POOR FARM BOY
RAISED AT THE FORK
IN THE ROAD
IN A CLAPBOARD HOUSE
AND RACHEL WAS A
LAND BARON'S
DAUGHTER
BORN WITH A
SILVER SPOON
IN HER MOUTH
HER DADDY
SAID HE WOULDN'T STAND
FOR RACHEL
TO WASTE HER LIFE
WITH A COMMON MAN
HE TRIED HARD
TO KEEP THEM APART
BUT YOU
CAN'T DRAW LINES
IN A YOUNG GIRL'S HEART
SO LATE ONE NIGHT
BY THE HARVEST MOON
JACOB CLIMBED
A LADDER
UP TO RACHEL'S ROOM
HE KNEW HIS PLACE
IT WAS RIGHT
BESIDE HER
STEP BY STEP
UP TO HER WORLD
HEAD OVER HEELS
FOR A BROWN-EYED GIRL
AND GETTIN' CAUGHT
DIDN'T SEEM TO MATTER
'CAUSE HEAVEN
WAS A-WAITIN'
AT THE TOP
OF JACOB'S LADDER
IT'LL BE
FIVE YEARS SEPTEMBER
SINCE HER DADDY
FOUND A LADDER
AND A NOTE
ON HER WINDOWSILL
SWORE HE'D NEVER
FORGIVE THEM
NOTHIN' MELTS A HEART
LIKE A GRANDCHILD WILL
NOW SHE CLIMBS
UP ON HIS KNEE
SAYS GRANDPA
TELL A STORY
THE ONE ABOUT ME
HE THINKS BACK
AND HIS EYES SHINE
SAYS LISTEN CHILD
ONCE UPON A TIME
LATE ONE NIGHT
BY THE HARVEST MOON
YOUR DADDY
CLIMBED A LADDER
TO YOUR MOMMA'S ROOM
HE KNEW HIS PLACE
IT WAS RIGHT
BESIDE HER
STEP BY STEP
UP TO HER WORLD
HEAD OVER HEELS
FOR MY LITTLE GIRL
AND HERE YOU ARE
THAT'S ALL
THAT MATTERS
'CAUSE HEAVEN
WAS A-WAITIN'
AT THE TOP
OF JACOB'S LADDER
OH AN ANGEL
WAS WAITIN' AT THE TOP
OF JACOB'S LADDER