Well, didya ever get the feelin' that the world ain't right? Like when you're standing in the dance-hall someone picks a fight He says, hey, c'mere long-hair I saw ya lookin' at my chick! You gotta get away quick And as you turn to make a run he throws a punch at your head You know you gotta make the exit or you're gonna be dead But when you finally hit the sidewalk you can tell that you ain't going too far 'cos someone stole your car And it's the same play, each day, can't pay, no way They gotcha in a hole y'know It's the same old reason and the same old rhyme And the snakes are out to bite you everytime But not me babe It takes one to know one It takes one to know one It takes one to know one And I know you! You know I tried to call my baby, tried to make a date She said, I'm awful sorry, honey, but you called too late Y'see I've gotta drive my daddy to a meeting of the p.t.a., I can't come out to play! So then I took me off downtown and met this chick in a bar She took me back to her apartment in her jaguar But when we started rockin' she threw me straight outta the door There oughta be a law And it's the same play, each day, can't pay, there's no way You're gonna get a break, y'know It's the same old reason and the same old rhyme She says she's got the feelin' but she ain't got the time Don't gimme that jive, babe It takes one to know one And I know you! Well now it's saturday night and I just got laid But there's a shadow in the alley still gotta be paid I heard it's tough at the top, but it sure looks good from the floor They won't let you score Every day it's getting rougher and it's hard to survive When there's a lotta people round don't wanna see you alive They wanna take you to the cleaners, and leave you in the gutter to bleed When they've got all they need And it's the same old reason and the same old rhyme And the man still wants your life on the dotted line But I got wise, babe It takes one to know one And I know you (all of you)