Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - From Small Things Lyrics
At 16 she quit high schoolTo make a fortune in the promise landGot a job behind the counterOf an all-night hamburger standShe wrote faithfully home to mama:"now mama, don't you worry none"From small things, mama, big things one day comeIt was late one fridayAs 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 hillsideWhere little feet once had runFrom small things, mama, big things one day come.Good love is fleeting,It's sad but it's trueBut when your heart is bleeding,You don't wanna hear the newsShe packed her bags; went to wyoming with a real estate manThey drove down to tampa in an el dorado grandeShe writes home "dear mama, life is heaven in the sun"From small things, mama, big things one day comeShe shot him deadOn a sunny florida road,But when they caught her asll she said wasShe couldn't stand the way he drove.Back home, lonesome johnnyWaits 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
