FROM SMALL THINGS (BIG THINGS ONE DAY COME)^©

Live 02 Dec 2004 version

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, "hey mama don't you worry none"
From small things, mama, big things one day come
Hey!

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 on the hillside, where little feet soon would run
Small things, mama, big things one day come

Yeah but love is fleeting, it's sad but it's true
When your heart is beating, you don't wanna hear the news
She packed her bags and with a Wyomie County real estate man
She ran down to Tampa in an "El Dorado Grande"
She wrote back home, "dear mama, life is just heaven in the sun
Small things, mama, big things one day come"
Let's take it now!

Well she killed Johnny ??? road
And when they caught her all she said was she couldn't stand the way he drove
Back home lonesome Johnny prays for his baby's parole
He waits on the hillside where the Wyomie waters roll
At his feet and almost grown now, a blue-eyed daughter and a handsome son
Small things, mama, big things one day come
Yeah from small things, mama, big things one day come
From small things, mama, big things one day come

Page last updated: 26 Sep 2007

The above lyrics are for the 02 Dec 2004 performance with Joe Grushecky & The Houserockers at Heinz Hall, Pittsburgh, PA. This was during Flood Aid '04, a benefit concert for Pennsylvanians who suffered damage from Hurricane Ivan in September 2004.

Check out also the other available versions of this song:

• Studio version (more details)
• Live 28 Aug 2003 version
• Live 05 Dec 2003 version
• Live 02 Dec 2004 version
• Dave Edmunds' version

Spoken intro to FROM SMALL THINGS (BIG THINGS ONE DAY COME) [Live 02 Dec 2004 version]:

[Joe Grushecky:] Bruce is gonna sing one for you.
[Bruce Springsteen:] A little slap on this one if you got... this is a song Dave Edmunds cut, Dave Edmunds, British rocker, cut a while back...