AT SIXTEEN
SHE QUIT HIGH-SCHOOL
TO MAKE HER FORTUNE
IN THE PROMISED LAND
SHE GOT A JOB
BEHIND THE COUNTER
IN 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
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
WOULD SOON RUN
FROM SMALL THINGS, MAMA
BIG THINGS ONE DAY COME
OH, BUT LOVE WAS FLEETIN'
IT'S SAD BUT IT'S TRUE
WHEN YOUR HEART IS BEATIN'
YOU DON'T WANNA
HEAR THE NEWS
SHE PACKED HER BAGS
AND WITH A WYOMIE COUNTY
REAL-ESTATE MAN
SHE DROVE DOWN TO TAMPA
IN AN EL DORADO GRANDE
SHE WROTE BACK, DEAR MAMA
LIFE IS JUST HEAVEN IN THE SUN
FROM SMALL THINGS, MAMA
BIG THINGS ONE DAY COME
OOH...
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 WYOMIE RIVERS ROLL
AT HIS FEET
AND ALMOST GROWN NOW
A BLUE-EYED DAUGHTER
AND A HANDSOME SON
FROM SMALL THINGS, MAMA
BIG THINGS ONE DAY COME
FROM SMALL THINGS, MAMA
BIG THINGS ONE DAY COME
WELL
FROM SMALL THINGS, MAMA
BIG THINGS ONE DAY COME
FROM SMALL THINGS, MAMA
BIG THINGS ONE DAY COME
FROM SMALL THINGS, MAMA
BIG THINGS ONE DAY COME
YEAH
FROM SMALL THINGS, MAMA
BIG THINGS ONE DAY COME