Lyrics: Robert Hunter
Music: Jim Lauderdale
Well I'm climbing Jacob's ladder hand over hand
With an 8 o'clock shadow and a honky tonk band
If I make it I make it, if I don't then I don't
If I ever forsake you, well you know that I won't
Climbing Jacob's ladder with trouble in mind
Tending my own business, never looking behind
Climbing Jacob's ladder a rung at a time
Climbing Jacob's ladder 'cause I cannot fly
Climbing Jacob's ladder all the way to the sky
To do what I do it takes all I got
Spite of which I love you, believe it or not
Now east is east, and never the twain
Till the Mississippi rolls between Paris and Spain
Climbing Jacob's ladder for the good of my soul
If I ain't got the push, I'm gonna back up and pull
Climbing Jacob's ladder a rung at a time
The reason I'm climbing is 'cause I cannot fly
Climbing Jacob's ladder all the way to the sky
Climbing Jacob's ladder with trouble in mind
Tending my own business, never looking behind
Climbing Jacob's ladder a rung at a time
The reason I'm climbing is 'cause I cannot fly
Climbing Jacob's ladder all the way to the sky
Climbing Jacob's ladder 'cause I cannot fly
Climing Jacob's ladder all the way to the sky
| Recordings | |||||
| Date | Album | Recorded By | |||
| 2002 | The Hummingbirds | Jim Lauderdale | |||