The Handshake

I just shook the handshake

I just sealed the deal

I'll try not to let them take

Everything they can stealPeople always told me

Says, don't forget your roots

I know I can feel them

Underneath my leather bootsYou toss all the mornings lost

To the clouds and you watch it go

Your fair-weather friends on a parachute binge

Get lost when the wind blowsThe handshake's stuck

On the tip of my tongue

It tastes like death

But it looks like funI was a loner

I was just waiting by myself

When you warped temptress

Rose to bring me happiness and wealthBlack tears, black smile

Black credit cards and shoes

You can call all the people you want

But it's you who's being usedUnder your black eyes, honey

Right beneath your nose

A curse on all creation

Every single thing you knowWhite smoke, white light

White marble on the floor

It will only take a few seconds of darkness

To figure out what's in store, little girlYou only convince yourself that you want

But you don't know

You keep on trying to wash the blood from your hands

But it won't go

We're gonna keep you on the runWe got the handshake under our tongue

We got the handshake under our tongue

We got the handshake under our tongue

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