Mark Wills Lyrics

Jacob's Ladder   Places I've Never Been   Don't Laugh At Me
I Do (Cherish You)   I Wonder If He Knows   Anywhere But Memphis
Don't think I Won't

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Jacob's Ladder

Jacob was a dirt poor farm boy
Raised at the fork in the road in a clapboard house
And Rachel was a land baron's daughter
Born with a silver spoon in her mouth

Her daddy said he wouldn't stand
For Rachel to waste her life with a common man
He tried hard to keep them apart
But you can't draw the lines in a young girl's heart

Chorus:
So late one night by the harvest moon
Jacob climbed ladder up to Rachel's room
He knew his place, and 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 the ladder and a note on her windowsill
He swore he'd never forgive them
But nothin' will melt the heart like a grandchild will

Now she climbs up on his knees
Says, "Grandpa tell a story, the one about me"
He thinks back and his eyes shine
Says, "Listen child, once upon a time"

Chorus:
Late one night by the harvest moon
Your daddy climbed a ladder to your mama's room
He knew his place, and 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 waitin' at the top of Jacob's ladder

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

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Places I've Never Been

I've never seen the sunset in Montigo Bay
But my heart melts when you look at me that way
And I've never seen the snow fall
From a rocky mountain sky
But I get a chill just by lookin' in your eyes

Chorus:
'Cause you take me places (that) I've never been
I travel the world in your arms and back again
I have no need to wander or go chasing those four winds
'Cause you take me places me places I've never been

I may never see the wonders of this earth
I may never hold great treasures of great worth
I could search the whole world over
But I don't have to go that far
I've got it all right here in my arms

Repeat Chorus

'Cause you take me places I've never been

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Don't Laugh At Me

I'm a little boy with glasses, the one they call a geek
A littl girl who never smiles cuz I got braces on my teeth
And I know how it feels to cry myself to sleep

I'm that kid on every playground who is always chosen last
A single teenage mother tryin to overcome her past
You don't have to be my friend if it's too much to ask

Chorus:
Don't laugh at me, don't call me names
Don't get your pleasure from my pain
In God's eyes we're all the same
some day we'll all have perfect wings
Don.t laugh at me

I'm a cripple on the corner
You pass me on the street
I wouldn't be out here begging if I had enough to eat
And don't think I dont notice that our eyes never meet

I lost my wife and little boy someone crossed that yellow line
The day we layed 'em in the ground was the day I lost my mind
Right now I'm down to holdin' this little cardboard sign

Chorus

I'm fat, I'm thin
I'm short, I'm tall
I'm deaf, I'm blind
Hey aren't we all

Chorus

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I Do (Cherish You)

All I am, All I'll be
Everything in the world, all I'll ever need
Is in your eyes, shining at me
When you smile I can feel all my passion unfolding
Your hair brushes mine
And a thousand sensations seduce me 'cause

Chorus:
I do, cherish you
For the rest of my life
You don't have to think twice
I will, love you still, from the depths of my soul
It's beyond my control
I've waited so long to say this to you
If you're asking do I love you this much, I do

In my world before you
I lived outside my emotions
Didn't know where I was going
Until that day I found you
And you opened my eyes to a new paradise
In a world torn by change
With all of my heart, until my dieing day

Repeat Chorus

I've waited so long to say this to you
So, if you're asking do I love you this much, I do
Oh, I do

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I Wonder If He Knows

She don't like to stay out late
She'd rather be at home
Holding hands by the fireplace
I wonder if he knows

She likes moonlit walks on a seashore sand
Pickin' up shells with her toes
It's the silly things that make her laugh
I wonder if he knows

Chorus:
I wander if he knows
Just where her heart has been
I wonder if it shows
She won't let it get broken again
It took along time to mend
I wonder if he knows

She believes in a wedding band
And that the truth should be told
She's gonna need a one-woman man
I wonder if he knows

She can't trust a man who tells a lie
That's further than she will go
She'll find the strength to say good bye
Oh, I wonder if he knows

Repeat Chorus

Oh, I wander if he knows



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Anywhere But Memphis

Called her from a pay phone down on Beale Street
On my way to Birmingham
Said she was tired of never seein' me
She needed more than a guitar man
As the lonesome notes filled the midnight sky
I wipe my tears and wish that I was

Chorus:
Anywhere but Memphis
Any other place would have made a difference
The way the blues poor out of the dives and bars
Ain't no place for a broken heart
She could've told me in Baton Rouge or Dallas anywhere but Memphis

Wish she could have worked up her courage
And let me down in Little Rock
Or even as far back as Phoenix
When I stopped to call from that truck stop
And if telling me sooner was just too hard
She could've waited later to break my heart

Chorus

Where the blues pour out of the dives and bars
It ain't no place for a broken heart
She could've told me in Baton Rouge or Dallas
Anywhere but Memphis



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Don't Think I Won't

If you need someone who will promise you blue skies
If you think old-fashioned love's out of style
You'be probably got the wrong guy
But if you need someone to walk through fire for you

Chorus:
I'm just the man to do it
Don't think I won't
I mean what I say and I say what I feel
I'll love you 'til my name is carved in stone
Baby don't think I won't, 'cause I will

Your heart's been left to hurt by lovers runnin' scared
But whenever you reach out for me, I'm gonna be there
And if you need someone to spend his life lovin' you

Chorus

I'll love you 'til my name is carved in stone
Baby don't think I won't
Baby don't think I won't, 'cause I will



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