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 (that's the truth)
By the exit sign (that's the truth)
You'd bet your last dollar that she was forty-nine (that's the truth)
But she swore to me (that's the truth)
That she was still in her youth (that's the truth, that's the truth)
When I turned down the lights (that's the truth)
I knew that that's the truth (that's the truth, that's the truth)
Had a girl on a border, I guess she was shy (that's the truth)
Never spoke a word in years, not even hi (that's the truth)
But one night she said "Honey (that's the truth)
We're gonna raise the roof" (that's the truth)
She put on some dancin' shoes (that's the truth)
Then I knew that that's the truth (that's the truth, 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 (that's the truth)
It's an eye for an eye (that's the truth)
And a tooth for a tooth" (that's the truth)
He pulled out a forty-four (that's the truth)
Now I know that that's the truth (that's the truth)
That's the truth (that's the truth)