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