That's the Truth

Saw a girl in Tampa

I asked her for a date

She said, "Baby, I'm a sailor

This thing better wait"

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 the border

I guess she was shy

Never spoke a word in years

Not even "hi"

One night she said, "Honey

We're gonna raise the roof"

She put on some dancing 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 something to sell"

Well, 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