(Earl Montgomery)

I won't have to chop no wood 
I can be bad or I can be good 
I can be any way that I feel 
One of these days 

Might be a woman that's dressed in black 
Be a hobo by the railroad track 
I'll be gone like the wayward wind one of these days 
One of these days it will soon be all over cut and dry 
And I won't have this urge to go all bottled up inside 
One of these days I'll look back and I'll say I left in time 
Cause somewhere for me I know there's peace of mind 

I might someday walk across this land 
Carrying the Lord's book in my hand 
Goin' cross the country singin' loud as I can 
One of these days 

But I won't have trouble on my back 
cuttin' like the devil with a choppin' axe, 
Got to shake it off my back, one of these days 
One of these days it will soon be all over cut and dry 
And I won't have this urge to go all bottled up inside 
One of these days I'll look back and I'll say I left in time 
Cause somewhere for me I know there's peace of mind 
There's gonna be peace of mind for me, one of these days