Stop thief; you´re gonna come to grief
if you don´t take a little more care.
You´re gonna get more than the family plan
from this one shoestring affair.
I may be crazy but I can´t contemplate
being trapped between the doctor and the magistrate.

One of these days I´m gonna pay it back, pay it back,
one of these days.
One of these days I´m gonna pay it back, pay it back,
one of these days.

And then they told me I could be somebody
if I didn´t let too much get in my way.
And I tried so hard just to be myself,
but I keep on fading away.
Until the lights went out, I didn´t know what to do.
If I could fool myself, then maybe I´d fool you too.

One of these days I´m gonna pay it back, pay it back,
one of these days.
One of these days I´m gonna pay it back, pay it back,
one of these days.

I wouldn´t say that I was raised on romance.
Let´s not get stuck in the past.
I love you more than everything in the world.
I don´t expect that will last.
They told me everything was guaranteed.
Somebody somewhere must´ve lied to me.

One of these days I´m gonna pay it back, pay it back,
one of these days.
One of these days I´m gonna pay it back, pay it back,
one of these days.