Johnny Cash - It Takes One to Know Me lyrics

It's true that I used to be crazy And harder to love than most men And the blood that ran in these tired hands Was harder and wilder back then And I don't feel as tall as I used to Maybe it's just that I've grown You're the one that held my hand when I fell If I just couldn't make it alone We've lived out all the stories Sang all the old songs It takes one to know me I guess you're the one Your daughters are ladies of fortune And your son an heir to the throne And though this crown that I hold is Tarnished and cold It's a symbol of all that we own Sometimes I wish I was younger And could pick up the pieces and run But then I look back on the matter of fact And it's a race that we've already won We've lived out all the stories Sang all the old songs It takes one to know me I guess you're the one We've lived out all the stories Sang all the old songs It takes one to know me And you knew the one