it takes one to know one

I cut a line for a spot down by the creek Signed a waiver, broke a deal But now I'm working by the beach And I never learned just how to swim, didn't read the fine print But I'm teaching myself how to stay afloat on my own On my own And ever since I took off it's been such a scandal You're saying "I'm just a woman," and I don't know what to handle Sat laughing with your teeth in my neck And you broke all the bones in my spine as I slept Babe, it takes one to know one, as you're slamming the door shut At the back of the tour bus, you're packing your bags up So I watch you, cause you think that I'm bad luck Spoiling your plans, for walking out for another man Starved to death and late on the rent Woke up face down tied by the limbs Bending over your bathroom sink You caught me swimming through amphetamines You don't know how much this means to me Holding my hair while I'm on my knees Retching the rest of my guts like it feels so free I broke down sobbing on the tile floor, when I finished you were out the door Feet in the sand, head in your hands Terminal two to take off or land Drive you out next to John Wayne, you'll fly out now, on the next plane Picking fights with a force that you can't blame No, you can't blame, no you can't blame, no you can't blame Woke up from the rubble of a crushed-up semi-truck Crawling out from the wheel and I couldn't help but think, like, f*ck Has it been six weeks? Was it just six months? Being touched in the wrong way, and you're no fun on a bad day With your hands on my waist, it's a sad thing Slamming hard on the brakes in the fast lane, in the fast lane Caught over the county line, you know what to take if it was mine It's all your proper possession, you'll always get what you mention So when I'm coming on back, be the first at my pension Chasing god on the wrong train, guess I'm no fun on a bad day Carving scars in a girl that you can't change But I know, babe it takes one to know one, to know one