Jacob`s Ladder — текст песни (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 climed 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 besde 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

Oh, an angel was waitin` at the top of Jacob`s ladder