Live 28 Aug 2003 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
Come on Bobby!
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
From small things, mama, big things one day come
Come on Bobby!
Come on Bobby!
...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, "dear mama, life is just heaven in the sun
From small things, mama, big things one day come"
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 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
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
One, two
The above lyrics are for the live 28 Aug 2003 performance of FROM SMALL THINGS (BIG THINGS ONE DAY COME) at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ, during The Rising Tour. The song was played with Bobby Bandiera who joined Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band onstage for this song.
In the eighties, Springsteen often joined Bobby Bandiera and his band Cats On A Smooth Surface onstage at The Stone Pony in Asbury Park, NJ, and FROM SMALL THINGS (BIG THINGS ONE DAY COME) was one of the songs they often played together. See the official studio version for more details.
List of available versions of FROM SMALL THINGS (BIG THINGS ONE DAY COME) on this website:
FROM SMALL THINGS (BIG THINGS ONE DAY COME) [Official studio version]
