Rich Mullins - Jacob And 2 Women Lyrics
Jacob, he loved Rachel and Rachel, she loved himAnd Leah was just there for dramatic effectWell it's right there in the Bible, so it must not be a sinBut it sure does seem like an awful dirty trickAnd her sky is just a petal pressed in a book of a memoryOf the time he thought he loved her and they kissedAnd her friends say, "Ah, he's a devil"But she says, "No, he is a dream"This is the world as best as I can remember itNow Jacob got two women and a whole house full of kidsAnd he schemed his way back to the promised landAnd he finds it's one thing to win 'emAnd it's another to keep 'em contentWhen he knows that he is only just one manAnd his sky's an empty bottle and when he's drunk the ocean dryWell he sails off three sheets to some reckless windAnd his friends say, "Ain't it awful"And he says, "No, I think it's fine"And this is the world as best as I can remember itNow Rachel's weeping for the childrenThat she thought she could not bearAnd she bears a sorrow that she cannot hideAnd she wishes she was with themBut she just looks and they're not thereSeems that love comes for just a momentAnd then it passes on byAnd her sky is just a banditSwinging at the end of a hangman's noose'Cause he stole the moon and must be made to pay for itAnd her friends say, "My, that's tragic"She says, "Especially for the moon"And this is the world as best as I can remember itAnd this is the world as best as I can remember it
