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 swore 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 forty-four   Now I know that that's the truth, that's the truth