One Of These Days

Lyrics

Used to chase that boy home from school  
We called him freckled faced red headed fool  
He was different he wasn't cool like me  
Sticks and stones didn't break any bones  
Bet we never left well enough alone  
And one day he ran away from home you see  
And I passed him as he walked away  
And in his eyes I heard him say  
"One of these days you're gonna love me  
You'll sit down by yourself and think  
About the times you pushed and shoved me  
And what good friends we might've been  
And then you're gonna sigh a little  
Maybe even cry a little but  
One of these days you're gonna love me"  
  
Patty Sue was a small town beauty  
I took one look at her and had to pull her to me  
Lord knows she should've seen right through me  
When I promised her the world  
But at seventeen, you only want one thing  
I left her standin' there with my high school ring  
Innocent tears in the pourin' rain  
As I walked away  
And I still see her in my dreams  
And to this day she's whispering  
  
"One of these days you're gonna love me  
You'll sit down by yourself and think  
About the time you turned from me  
And what good friends we might've been  
And then you're gonna sigh a little  
Maybe even cry a little but  
One of these days you're gonna love me"  
  
Now everybody stands up  
The congregation sings  
It's a song of sweet forgiveness  
And as the chorus rings  
The wind blows clear my memory  
The pages start to turn  
Then suddenly I'm singin'  
The moment that I learn  
  
One of these days I'm gonna love me  
And feel the joy of sweet release  
One of these days, I'll rise above me  
And at last I'll find some peace  
Then I'm gonna smile a little  
Maybe even laugh a little but  
One of these days I'm gonna love me