Jacob's Ladder Lyrics - Singles - Mark Wills

Jacob was a dirt poor farm boy 

Raised at the fork in the road in a clapboard house 

And Rachael was a land baron's daughter 

Born with a silver spoon in her mouth 

Her daddy said he wouldn't stand 

For Rachael 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 Rachael'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 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 

He swore he'd never forgive them 

But 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 mama'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 watin' at the top of Jacob's ladder