(tony martin/carl sweat/brenda sweat)

Jacob was a dirt poor farm boy
Raised at the fork in the road in a clapboard house
And rachael was a land barons daughter
Born with a silver spoon in her mouth
Her daddy said he wouldnt stand
For rachael to waste her life with a common man
He tried hard to keep them apart
But you cant draw lines in a young girls heart

So late one night by the harvest moon
Jacob climed a ladder up to rachaels 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 didnt seem to matter
cause heaven was waitin at the top of jacobs ladder

Itll be five years september
Since her daddy found a ladder and a note on her windowsill
He swore hed 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 mamas room
He knew his place, it was right besde her
Step by step up to her world
Head over heels for my little girl
And here you are, thats all that matters
cause heaven was watin at the top of jacobs ladder

Oh, an angel was waitin at the top of jacobs ladder

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