one of these days i ve got to get things right i m gonna do my business in th daylight one of these days you know i ve got to get things right i m gonna do my business out in the broad daylight one of these days i ve got to get things straight i m gonna stop acting like a reprobate one of these days you know i ve got to get things straight i m gonna stop staying out late and acting like a reprobate one of these days i ve got to get in step it won t be long fore i ll be needin help one of these days you know i ve got to get in step the way i m going baby i ll be needin help one of these days i ve got to go back home sit out on my front porch and compose a poem one of these days you know i ve got to go back home i m gonna sit out on my front porch rock away compose a poem