Saw a girl in Tampa I asked her for a date 

She said baby I'm a sailor this thing better waits 

I said I don't believe you would you show me some proof 

She showed me her tattoo then I knew that that's the truth 

Met a woman on a highway by the exit sign 

You'd bet your last dollar that she was forty-nine 

But she swored to me that she was still in her youth 

When I turned down the lights I knew that that's the truth 

Had a girl on a border I guess she was shy never spoke a word in years not even hi 

But one night she said honey we're gonna raise the roof 

She put on some dancin' shoes then I knew that that's the truth 

I knew a preacher's daughter in fact I knew her well 

He said son you better ramble unless you've got somethin' to sell 

It's an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth 

He pulled out a fourty-four now I know that that's the truth that's the truth