Jacob
Mark Wills Lyrics

Jacob was a dirt poor farm boy
Jacob belonged to a family that had very little money and worked on a farm for a living.

Raised at the fork in the road in a clapboard house
Jacob grew up in a simple house made of wooden boards at the intersection of two roads.

And Rachael was a land baron's daughter
Rachael was the daughter of a wealthy person who owned a lot of land.

Born with a silver spoon in her mouth
Rachael was born into a wealthy family and grew up with many advantages.

Her daddy said he wouldn't stand
Rachael's father refused to accept the idea of his daughter marrying a poor man.

For Rachael to waste her life with a common man
Rachael's father believed that marrying a poor person would be a waste of her life.

He tried hard to keep them apart
Rachael's father made significant efforts to prevent Jacob and Rachael from being together.

But you can't draw lines in a young girl's heart
It is impossible to control the feelings of a young woman who has fallen in love.

So late one night by the harvest moon
One night during the harvest season, when the moon was full and bright,

Jacob climbed a ladder up to Rachael's room
Jacob used a ladder to climb up to the window of Rachael's room.

He knew his place, it was right beside her
Jacob felt that his place was with Rachael and he was determined to be by her side.

Step by step up to her world
Jacob climbed the ladder carefully, one step at a time, until he reached Rachael's world.

Head over heels for a brown-eyed girl
Jacob was deeply in love with Rachael, who had beautiful brown eyes.

And gettin' caught didn't seem to matter
Jacob was willing to take the risk of being caught because he believed that being with Rachael was more important.

'Cause heaven was waitin' at the top of Jacob's ladder
Jacob believed that being with Rachael was like being in heaven, and that this was worth any risk.

It'll be five years September
Five years will have passed by September.

Since her daddy found a ladder and a note on her windowsill
Rachael's father discovered a ladder and a note on the windowsill of her room.

He swore he'd never forgive them
Rachael's father declared that he would never forgive Jacob and Rachael for what they did.

But nothin' melts a heart like a grandchild will
The birth of a grandchild can change a person's attitude and make them more forgiving.

Now she climbs up on his knee
Rachael's child sits on her father's lap.

Says, "Grandpa, tell a story, the one about me"
Rachael's child asks her grandfather to tell a story about her.

He thinks back and his eyes shine
Rachael's father reminisces about the past and feels happy.

Says, "Listen child, once upon a time"
Rachael's father begins telling a story to his grandchild.

Oh, an angel was waitin' at the top of Jacob's ladder
Jacob's climb up the ladder to be with Rachael was like ascending to heaven, where an angel was waiting for them.