Melody:			Back to Roth's Song Index
By:	Dennis Dougherty
On:	Songs from the Dog House

Chorus:
   Oh won't you help me, climb up the ladder
   Somebody tell me that this can be done.
   Oh won't you help me, climb up the ladder
   And reach for the very next rung.


Well what can you do when you're stuck in the middle?
   (Reach for the very next rung)
My life is confused and it feels like a riddle
   (Reach for the very next rung)

Well I can't look up, cause I'm scared where I'm goin'
   (Reach for the very next rung)
And I can't look back, it's a hard fear of fallin'
   (Reach for the very next rung)

(Simultaneously with chorus:)
Now my hands... are shakin' shakin'
And my heart... is achin' achin'
And my knees... are quakin' quakin'
As I reach for the very next run


If I could steer... my shakey crawlin'
Past my fear... of fallin', fallin'
I can hear... the voices callin'
Me to reach for the very next rung