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 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 the border i guess she was shy never spoke a word in years not even hi but one night she said honey we re going to 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 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