We use to chase that boy home from school

Called him freckle face, red headed fool

He was different,

He wasn't cool like me.



Sticks and stones didn't break any bones

But we never left well enough alone

But one day he ran away from home you see

And I passed him as we walked away

And in his eyes I heard him say



Chorus:

One of these days your gonna love me

You'll sit down by yourself and think

'Bout the times you pushed and shoved me

And what good friends we might have been

And then your gonna sigh a little

Maybe even cry a little but

One of these days your 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 have seen right through me

When I promised her the world



But at 17 you only want one thing

I left her standing with my high school ring

Innocent tears in the pouring rain

As I walked away

And I still see her in my dreams

And to this day she's whispering



Chorus:

One of these days your gonna love me

You'll sit down by yourself and think

'Bout the time you turned from me

And what good friends we might have been

And then your gonna sigh a little

Maybe even cry a little but

One of these days your gonna love me



Now everybody stands up

the congregation sings

It's a song of sweet forgiveness

And As the chours rings



The wind blows clear my memory

The pages start to turn

And suddenly I'm singing

The moment that I loved



Chorus:

One of these days I'm gonna love me

And fill the joy of sweet release

One of these days I'll rise above me

And at last I'll find some peace

And then I'm