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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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

^{Performed live 44 times.}

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

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

Live versions are available on the following 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

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.

^{Studio Sessions: The River}

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.}