| Lyrics: | 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 or 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, and shun the handshake,
someone's gotta give |
