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We used to chase that boy home from school |
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We called him freckle faced, 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 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 seventeen you only want one thing |
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I left her standing with my high school ring |
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Innocent tears in a pourin' rain 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 you're gonna love me |
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Now everybody stands up, the congregation sings |
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It's a song of sweet forgiveness and as the chorus rings |
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The wind blows clear my memory, the pages start to turn |
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And suddenly I'm singin' 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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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 I'm gonna love me |