Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

From Small Things (Big Things One Day Come)

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band


At 16 she quit high school 
To make a fortune in the promise land 
got a job behind the counter 
of an all-night hamburger stand 
She wrote faithfully home to Mama: 
"now Mama, don't you worry none" 
From small things, mama, big things one day come

It was late one Friday 
as he pulled in out of the dark. 
He was tall and handsome; 
First she took his order; then she took his heart. 
They bought a house up on a hillside 
where little feet once had run 
From small things, mama, big things one day come. 

Good love is fleeting, 
It's sad but it's true 
But when your heart is bleeding, 
You don't wanna hear the news 

She packed her bags; went to Wyoming with a real estate man 
They drove down to Tampa in an El Dorado Grande 
She writes home "dear Mama, life is heaven in the sun"

From small things, mama, big things one day come 

She shot him dead 
on a sunny Florida road, 
but when they caught her asll she said was 
she couldn't stand the way he drove. 
Back home, lonesome Johnny 
waits for his baby's parole; 
He sits high up on a hillside, 
where the Wyoming river flows. 
At his feet, and almost grown now, 
Sits a daughter and a handsome son. 
From small things, mama, big things one day come