Rich Men Lie

Lyrics

Flowers cut for dying Used to bloom when you passed by And the day revealed its colours Force of will could clear the sky But you had to stop believing In the magic you had learned And if once the flames were warming Now you're burned Tell me is it envy Is it fear or is it pain In those eyes still filled with visions? Have the tears all turned to rain? When you stand beneath that window Where a golden twilight glows Do you long for words of wisdom And the voicе of one who knows? This is what they do - rich men liе Fortune feeds but few - rich men lie Speed became religion In a temple of straight lines Where you acted out contririon For the helpless and the blind But the prices on redemption Have been rising day by day Though you say you've seen the glory You can't pay No-one will convict you As the jurymen are dead And the truth is but a burden All those volumes left unread See the hanging judge is dreaming In the comfort of his chair While your silver-tongued attorney Doesn't care Now I promise you - rich men lie Guess it's sad but true - rich men lie Poor folk now surround you To confirm your fall from grace All your deeds and obligations Have released their fond embrace You're condemned to join the guilty We'll go shuffling with the crowd When your equals all ignore you You'll be proud All I tried to prove to you - pigs cannot fly Not a word is true - rich men lie Time passes by - this what they do Rich men lie