From Small Things Lyrics - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

Ah one two three four, one two three four 

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 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 outta the dark 

He was tall and handsome 

First she took his order, then she took his heart 

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They bought a house on the hillside 

Where little feet soon would rock 

Well from small things Mama, big things one day come 

Oh, but love is fleeting 

It's sad but true 

When your heart is bleeding 

You don't want to hear the news 

She packed her bags 

And with a Wyoming County Real Estate man 

She went 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 

And when they caught her all she said 

Was she couldn't stand the way he drove 

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Back home, dear Johnny prays for his Betty's parole 

He waits high on the hillside where the lonely waters roll 

At his feet and almost grown now 

Blue eyed daughter and a handsome son 

Well from small things Mama, big things one day come 

Yeah, from small things Mama, big things one day come