v.1
At sixteen she quit high school to make a fortune in the promised land
She got a job behind the counter at an all-night hamburger stand
She wrote faithfully home to Mama, said Mama don't you worry none
From small things Mama big things one day come

v.2
It was late one Friday, he pulled in outta the dark
He was tall and handsome, first she took his money then she took his heart
He bought a house up on a hilltop where little feet soon would run
From small things mama big things one day come

Refrain:
Well, but love was fleetin', it's sad but it's true
When your heart is bleedin', you don't want to hear the news

v.3
Well she packed her bags, and with a Wyomie County real estate man
She drove down to Tampa in an Eldorado Grande
She wrote back "Dear Mama, life is just Heaven in the sun
From small things Mama, big things one day come

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Refrain:
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

v.4
Back home, lonesome Johnny waits for his baby's parole
He waits high on the hilltop where the Wyomie river flows
At his feet an' almost grown now, a blue-eyed daughter and a handsome son
From small things Mama big things one day come [3t]

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From small things Mama big things one day come [3t]