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