Lyric Climbin the Ladder and Climbin the Wall

(Shel Silverstein)
Bobby Bare & Jeannie Bare & Bobby Bare, Jr.

I guess you ve heard that baby s now a singer
You hear her records on the radio
She wears rhinestone jeans and turquoise on her finger
Oh, but she don t bake no biscuits anymore.

I guess our friends and neighbors think it s funny
To see me hang these diapers every day
But Lord that woman s sendin home the money
So there ain t too damn much a man can say.

Oh, while she s climbin the ladder I m climbin the wall
A hopin that she ll reach the top but prayin that she d fall
When your love s in showbiz Lord there ain t much love at all
While she s a climbin the ladder I m climbin the wall.

She wears her hair pulled up high like Dolly
And Loretta s exdriver drives her bus
And all the kids and me we only see her on TV
Now watch close kids she s gonna sing one song for us.
There she is, ain t she pretty?

I wanna go home again where the fields are so green
I wanna go home again where the air s fresh and clean
Where all my loved ones wait and there s true lovin friend
And life is simple sweet so I wanna go home again.

I wanna go home again where the fields are so green
I wanna go home again where the air s fresh and clean
Where all my loved ones wait and there s true lovin friend
And life is simple sweet so I wanna go home again...