They say I'm like my daddy always on the roam I know he love my mama but he couldn't stay at home I vowed to not be like him but somewhere I went wrong Cause I'm a thousand miles from nowhere and the girl I love at home One of these days I'm gonna quit my wandering One of these days I'll wander back to you My sweetheart writes me letters they find me now and then I've send her funny postcards to show her where I've been She always writes I love you though we're miles apart But none of funny postcards can't say what's in my heart One of these days... I feel the cold winds blowing blowing up a storm I go to sleep and I always dream that you're here in my arms And then a lonesome whistle starts blowin' down the line Wake up boy my buddy says we're a long way from Caroline One of these days... One of these days I'll wander back to you Songwriters: Mel Tillis, Danny Dill, Fred B. Burch