Johnny Cash

That's The Truth

Johnny Cash


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