| We used to chase that boy home from school
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| We called him freckled-face red-headed fool
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| He was different, he wasn’t cool like me
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| Sticks and stones didn’t break any bones
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| But we never left well enough alone
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| Then one day he ran away from home you see
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| And I passed him as he walked away
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| And in his eyes I heard him say
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| One of these days you’re gonna love me
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| You’ll sit down by yourself and think
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| About the times you pushed and shoved me
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| And what good friends we might have been
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| And then you’re gonna sigh a little
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| And maybe even cry a little
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| But, one of these days
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| You’re gonna love me
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| Patty Sue was a small town beauty
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| I took one look at her and had to pull her to me
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| Lord knows she should have seen right through me
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| When I promised her the world
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| But at 17 you only want one thing
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| I left her standin' with my high school ring
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| Innocent tears in a pourin' rain
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| As I walked away
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| And I still see her in my dreams
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| And to this day she’s whispering
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| One of these days you’re gonna love me
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| You’ll sit down by yourself and think
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| About the time you turned from me
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| And what good friends we might have been
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| And then you’re gonna sigh a little
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| And maybe even cry a little
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| But, one of these days
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| You’re going to love me
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| Now everybody stands up
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| The congregation sings
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| It’s a song of sweet forgiveness
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| And as the chorus rings
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| The wind blows clear my memory
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| The pages start to turn
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| Then suddenly I’m singing
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| The moment that I learn
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| One of these days I’m gonna love me
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| And feel the joy of sweet release
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| One of these days I’ll rise above me
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| And at last I’ll find some peace
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| And then I’m gonna smile a little
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| And maybe even laugh a little
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| But, one of these days
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| I’m gonna love me |