At sixteen she quit high school

To make a fortune in the promised land

She got a job behind the counter

In an all-night hamburger stand

She rode 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

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 the hillside

Where little feet soon would run

From small things, mama, big things one day come



Oh, but love is bleeding

It's sad but it's true

When your heart is beating

You don't want to hear the news

She packed her bags

And with a wyoming county interstate map

She drove down to tampa

In an eldorado grand

She wrote back, dear mama

Life is just heaven in the sun

From small things, mama, big things one day come



Well, she shot him dead on a sunny florida road

When they caught her all she said

Was she couldn't stand the way he drove

Back home lonesome johnny waits for his baby's parole

He waits high on the hillside

Where the wyoming rivers roll

And his seed have almost grown now

To a daughter and a handsome son

From small things, mama, big things one day come