Every time you shake someone's hand and it feels like your best friend

Could it be that it's only superficiality?

Without regard to well-being, without an inkling of compromise

Handshakes are nothing but a subtle fuck you

Contracts determine the best friendships



This is the way of the modern world

Everyone's vying for patronage

This is the way of the modern world

And something has gotta give



Every time you shake someone's hand and you share neither color nor creed

You gotta overcome the obstacles of history

There is restrained passion, mistrust and bigotry

And these have created the new foundations of society

There's no harmony just class and race



This is the way of the modern world

Everyone's fighting for dominance

This is the way of the modern world

And something has gotta give



Now I believe in unity

And I am willing to compromise

But I'm not gonna lie or sell my soul



Every time you shake someone's hand

It determines where you stand

And if you won't uphold your side then it's better to



Fend for yourself

Fend for yourself

Fend for yourself

And shun the handshake



Fend for yourself

Fend for yourself

Fend for yourself

And shun the handshake



Fend for yourself

Fend for yourself

Fend for yourself

And shun the handshake



Fend for yourself

Fend for yourself

Fend for yourself

And shun the handshake



Fend for yourself

Fend for yourself

Fend for yourself

And shun the handshake



Fend for yourself

Fend for yourself

Fend for yourself

And shun the handshake



Someone's gotta give