One of these Days

by Tim McGraw

Used to chase that boy home from school
We called him freckle face
Or red-headed fool
He was different
He wasn't cool like me
Sticks and stones didn't break any bones
But we never left one alone for long
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 your gonna love me
And sit down by yourself and think
About those times you push and shoved me
And what good friends we might have been
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 sall town beauty
I took one look at her and had to pull her to me
Lord knows she shoulda seen right through me
When I promised her the world
17 you're only wantin' one thing
And I left her standing there with my high school ring
Innocent tears in the pouring rain
As I walk away

I still see her in my dreams
And to this day she's whisperin'
One of these days you're gonna love me
And sit down by yourself and think
About that time you turned from me
And what good friends we mighta been
Then you're gonna sigh a little
Maybe even cry a little but
One of these days you're gonna love me

Now everybody stand up
The congregation sings
It's a song of sweet forgiveness
And as the chorus rings
The wind blows through my memory
The pages start to turn
And suddenly I'm singing
The moment that I love

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 then at last I'll find some peace
Then I'm gonna cry a little
Maybe even laugh a little but
One of these days
I'm gonna love me