Breathless - Sold Down The River lyrics

Whoever promised rain, I say They must have felt some shread of doubt Who (and why) could claim forever And then so quietly just bow out? I dare say it happens Let's say they're here to test your strength Most of which is already spent I never pray now for myself But can I pray for someone else I dare say it happens I'd like to say don't believe a word I had no idea that a victim sleeps Behind the painted smile of the newspaper headlines Don't think that we have ever been so underhand As to take it in It would be serious if ever a wound set in Well I'm sure, with your well healed scars You'll never let that pretty face get dirty again They're selling lies, as I see To fatten up the proceeds They're selling lies, they're wicked lies The point devoured by open mouths With one wrong track as the only way to go