The Handshake 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 f**k you
And 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 pa*sion mistrust and bigotry
And these have created the new foundations of society
There's no harmony just cla*s 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

Someone's gotta give

Bad Religion - Stranger Than Fiction

Sep 1994

1. Incomplete
2. Leave Mine To Me
3. Stranger Than Fiction
4. Tiny Voices
5. The Handshake
6. Better Off Dead
7. Infected
8. Television
9. Individual
10. Hooray For Me
11. Slumber
12. Marked
13. Inner Logic
14. What It Is
15. 21st Century (Digital Boy)