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 Pain was a-huntin' me down but I gave him the slip I left the city through the tunnel and i headed for the sticks With oregano oil and a morphine drip Pain was hunting me down but I gave him the slip then I fell in love with identical twins They lived 34 summers between the two of them I gave one my ego, I gave one my id Yeah, I gotta get back to my pretty little twins 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 I was lost for a year in those almond trees The sun was rising in south and setting in the east I was half-awake, I was half-asleep I thought I'd never get out of those almond trees So don't think too slow in the syrupy sun You get buried alive when you're caught up in the cold Tapping your time on a congo drum Don't think too slow in the syrupy sun I met a black-skinned man with a ice cream grin and a blond afghan with that heroin we moved to the mountains where the highway ends and I got myself that ice cream grin So don't search too long for that Aztec gold Like gold Cortez, gonna lose your soul turn an honest man into Diablo Don't trade your soul for no Aztec gold Don't ever buy nothin' from a man named truth Never buy nothin' from a man named truth Look in my eyes and you see the proof 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 Don't ever buy nothin' from a man named truth