Nitty Gritty Dirt Band – From Small Things Mama Big Things One Day Come (Guitar)

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At 16 she quit high school

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To make a fortune in the promise land

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She got a job behind the counter

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Of an all-night hamburger stand

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She wrote faithfully home to Mama:

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Now Mama, don't you worry none

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[Verse 2]
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It was late one Friday

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As he pulled in out of the dark

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He was tall and handsome;

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First she took his order; then she took his heart

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They bought a house up on a hillside

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Where little feet once had run

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From small things, Mama, big things one day come

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Good love is fleeting

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It's sad but it's true

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But when your heart is bleeding

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You don't wanna hear the news

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She packed her bags; went to Wyoming with a real estate man

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They drove down to Tampa in an El Dorado Grande

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She writes home "dear Mama, life is heaven here in the sun"

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From small things, Mama, big things one day come

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She shot him dead

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On a sunny Florida road

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But when they caught her asll she said was

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She couldn't stand the way he drove.

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Back home, lonesome Johnny

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waits for his baby's parole;

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He sits high up on a hillside

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Where the Wyoming River flows

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At his feet, and almost grown now

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Sits a daughter and a handsome son

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From small things, Mama, big things one day come

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From small things, mama, big things one day come.