Man Named Truth

[Chorus]

Don’t ever buy nothin' from a man named Truth

Don’t ever buy nothin' from a man named Truth

I’ll tell you right now that it ain’t no use

Don’t ever buy nothin' from a man named Truth

[Verse 1]

Pain was a-huntin' me down but I gave him the slip

I left the city through a tunnel and I headed for the sticks

With oregano oil and a morphine drip

Pain was a-huntin' me down but I gave him the slip

[Verse 2]

And I fell in love with identical twins

They lived thirty-four summers between the two of them

I gave one my ego, gave one my id

Yeah, I gotta get back to my pretty little twins

[Chorus]

Don’t ever buy nothin' from a man named Truth

Don’t ever buy nothin' from a man named Truth

I’ll tell you right now that it ain’t no use

Don’t ever buy nothin' from a man named Truth

[Verse 3]

I was lost for a year in those almond trees

The sun was risin' in the south and settin' in the east

I was a half awake, I was half asleep

I thought I’d never get out of those almond trees

[Verse 4]

So don’t think too slow in the syrupy sun

You’ll get buried alive when the caterpillar comes

Tapping your time on a congo drums

Just don’t think too slow in the syrupy sun

[Verse 5]

I met a black-skinned man with an ice cream grin

And a blonde Afghan with that heroin

We moved to the mountains where the highway ends

And I got myself that ice cream grin

[Verse 6]

So don’t search too long for that Aztec gold

Like old Cortez, gonna lose your soul

Turn an honest man into Diablo

Yeah, don’t trade your soul for no Aztec gold

[Chorus]

And never buy nothin' from a man named Truth

Never buy nothin' from a man named Truth

Look in my eyes and you’ll see the proof

Don’t ever buy nothing' from a man named Truth

[Outro]

Don’t ever buy nothin' from a man named Truth

Don’t ever buy nothin' from a man named Truth

Don’t ever buy nothin' from a man named Truth