[Verse 1]
Six-foot-four in the doorway
Blonde hair, buckshot grin
Name rolls like a church bell
With a funny little spin
He hangs plates on the barbell
Chases iron in the rain
But he skips the fancy potion
Says, “I’ll earn it by pain”
[Pre-Chorus]
Well, he pulls and he grinds
Till the floorboards shake
But the mirror keeps saying
“Boy, you’re built like a rake”
[Chorus]
Big man, little frame
(Big man, little frame)
Tall as a freight train
But he’s built the same
Big man, little frame
(Oh, little frame)
He swings for the sky
But he stays small, babe
[Verse 2]
He knows every backroad chorus
Every barroom prayer
He can shout like a revival
With the cold wind in his hair
On Friday he’s a fighter
By Sunday he’ll kneel
Says, “Lord, I want the muscle”
But he loves the honest deal
[Pre-Chorus]
So he lifts and he laughs
In the dust and the heat
Got a stubborn kind of fire
In his two left feet
[Chorus]
Big man, little frame
(Big man, little frame)
Tall as a freight train
But he’s built the same
Big man, little frame
(Oh, little frame)
He swings for the sky
But he stays small, babe
[Bridge]
Now the whole room sings it
Hands up to the rafters
He don’t need no magic
Just grit and glad laughter
If the world wants a giant
Let it come and see
He’s a six-foot-four sermon
In a faded pair of jeans
[Final Chorus]
Big man, little frame
(Big man, little frame)
Tall as a freight train
But he’s built the same
Big man, little frame
(Oh, little frame)
He swings for the sky
And he stays small, babe
Big man, little frame
(Big man, little frame)
Blonde-haired and holy
With a stubborn little flame