At 16 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

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 wanna 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 to her mama

Life is just heaven in the sun

From small things Mama, big things one day come

(solo)

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

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

He waits 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