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

I 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
Going cross the country singing loud as I can
One of these days

But I won't have trouble on my back
Cutting like the devil with a chopping 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