From Small Things (Big Things One Day Come)

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Disc 3 (bonus disc) track 1 of The Essential Bruce Springsteen, 2003. Outtake from The River.

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Credits

• The Essential Bruce Springsteen (2003)
  • Bruce Springsteen: guitar, vocals
  • Roy Bittan: piano
  • Clarence Clemons: saxophone, percussion
  • Danny Federici: organ, glockenspiel
  • Garry Tallent: bass
  • Steven Van Zandt: guitar, backing vocals
  • Max Weinberg: drums

Performances

Performed live 44 times (not including snippet performances). 2019-11-16 Stone Pony (The), Asbury Park, NJ 2016-09-09 Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia, PA 2016-06-14 Malieveld, The Hague, The Netherlands 2015-01-17 Paramount Theatre, Asbury Park, NJ 2014-05-01 MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre, Tampa, FL 2014-04-19 Time Warner Cable Arena, Charlotte, NC 2013-05-07 HK Areena, Turku, Finland 2012-09-21 MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ 2009-10-17 Stone Pony (The), Asbury Park, NJ 2009-05-30 Megaland, Landgraaf, The Netherlands 2008-07-08 Valle Hovin Stadion, Oslo, Norway 2008-06-14 Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales 2008-05-13 Stone Pony (The), Asbury Park, NJ 2007-10-13 Weinberg Residence, Atlantic Highlands, NJ 2007-04-29 Stone Pony (The), Asbury Park, NJ 2006-09-17 Stone Pony (The), Asbury Park, NJ 2006-05-02 Stone Pony (The), Asbury Park, NJ 2004-12-19 Harry's Roadhouse, Asbury Park, NJ (Late) 2004-12-19 Harry's Roadhouse, Asbury Park, NJ (Early) 2004-12-02 Heinz Hall For The Performing Arts, Pittsburgh, PA 2004-11-06 Stone Pony (The), Asbury Park, NJ 2004-04-25 Stone Pony (The), Asbury Park, NJ 2003-12-05 Convention Hall, Asbury Park, NJ 2003-11-01 Stone Pony (The), Asbury Park, NJ 2003-08-28 Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ 2003-08-11 Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia, PA 1993-06-28 Tradewinds, Sea Bright, NJ 1991-07-12 McLoone's Rum Runner, Sea Bright, NJ 1989-08-16 Cheers, Long Branch, NJ 1989-07-23 Stone Pony (The), Asbury Park, NJ 1983-12-28 Monmouth Arts Center, Red Bank, NJ 1983-04-24 Stone Pony (The), Asbury Park, NJ 1982-12-03 Keystone, Palo Alto, CA 1982-10-03 Stone Pony (The), Asbury Park, NJ 1982-09-25 Stone Pony (The), Asbury Park, NJ 1982-09-21 Peppermint Lounge, New York City, NY 1982-09-19 Stone Pony (The), Asbury Park, NJ 1982-09-18 Big Man's West, Red Bank, NJ 1982-09-04 Big Man's West, Red Bank, NJ 1982-08-15 Stone Pony (The), Asbury Park, NJ 1982-08-08 Stone Pony (The), Asbury Park, NJ 1982-08-07 Big Man's West, Red Bank, NJ 1982-07-25 Stone Pony (The), Asbury Park, NJ 1982-06-27 Stone Pony (The), Asbury Park, NJ

Performances broken down by tour (not including rehearsals and snippet performances) Performed at 0 show(s) of 117 on the 2023-24 International Tour. Performed at 0 show(s) of 266 on the Springsteen On Broadway run. Performed at 0 show(s) of 14 on the Summer '17 Tour. Performed at 2 show(s) of 75 on the The River Tour 2016. Performed at 2 show(s) of 33 on the High Hopes Tour. Performed at 2 show(s) of 133 on the Wrecking Ball Tour. Performed at 1 show(s) of 83 on the Working On A Dream Tour. Performed at 2 show(s) of 99 on the Magic Tour. Performed at 0 show(s) of 56 on The Seeger Sessions Tour. Performed at 0 show(s) of 72 on the Devils & Dust Tour. Performed at 0 show(s) of 7 on the Vote For Change Tour. Performed at 2 show(s) of 120 on The Rising Tour. Performed at 33 known other show(s), plus 0 public tour rehearsal(s).

Released on Album

Released on The Essential (2003) and The Ties That Bind: The River Collection (2015).

Released as Live Download

Live versions are available on the following 4 official live downloads:

• 2016-09-09 Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia, PA
• 2016-06-14 Malieveld, The Hague, The Netherlands
• 2014-05-01 MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre, Tampa, FL
• 2014-04-19 Time Warner Cable Arena, Charlotte, NC

On The Tracks

FROM SMALL THINGS (BIG THINGS ONE DAY COME) - V1a	2:33	SO / DROC2 / ATMF
FROM SMALL THINGS (BIG THINGS ONE DAY COME) - V1b	2:42	ESSENTIAL: BONUS / RIVER: OUTTAKES

Note: Two slightly different mixes. Recorded at Power Station on September 2, 1979. Included in an archival concept list compiled by a Sony engineer in 1993, and also on a early six-CD Tracks sampler from June 1998 but ultimately not released until Essential in 2003.

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^{Studio Sessions: The River}

Lyrics

From Small Things (Big Things One Day Come)

A one, tow, three, four!
One, tow, three, four!

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

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

Oh but love is fleeting, it's sad but 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"

Come on Max!

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 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
Well from small things, mama, big things one day come
Yeah from small things, mama, big things one day come

Visit SpringsteenLyrics.com for other versions of this song.

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