Each day as I grow older The nights are getting colder Some day the sun will shine on me Money, I don't have any I'm down to my last penny But darlin' don't cry over me Refrão: I'll be a big man in town, honest honey I'll be a big man in town, promise darlin' I'll be a big man in town, just you wait and see You'll be proud of me Big man in town They think that I'm a rover But my rovin' days are over Some day your folks will welcome me I went away a small man But I'll come home a tall man Then what a pretty bride you'll be [Repete o refrão] Coda: (Big man in town) I'm gonna make it, just wait and see Oh, I'm gonna make it, just wait and see Girl I'm gonna make it, just wait and see