Bigger Things Lyrics

There were two tables at the Christmas feast

One for the young and for the elderly

Paper plates for the little ones

No plastic cups for the grown-ups

My mama placed me with the little kids

Didn't want it to hurt me, but I think it did

Just a few more years, she said, just give it time

Soon you'll sit beside those wise, old eyes

I was ready to move on to bigger things

I was ready to move on to bigger things

I left as soon as possible

Eighteen and unstoppable

Off to leave my parent's care

Setting sail to God knows where

I had to get out of this little town

Face the world cause I'm a big girl now

Put my heart and soul on the luggage rack

Never thought that I'd turn back cause

I was ready to move on to bigger things

I was ready to move on to bigger things

Pretty sure it was a Tuesday

Made my way to Natchez trace

I took twenty steps through the autumn reds

Listened to the sound the silence said

I found that maple monument

Standing tall and confident

Twenty years of that towering tree

All this time just twenty miles from me

Twenty steps from the trailhead

Twenty minutes from my childhood bed

Maybe all along it's been

Calling me to come and see

That this blast of lasting beauty before us

Is right here in the next-door neighborhood forest

And you'd be surprised, if you look real close

Somewhere near you a maple grows

Now I'm ready to move back to better things

I'm ready to move back to better things