Shake the hand of a fool
Oh, live by every rule
Shake the hand of a man
Oh, play it in the game of love and lost again

Shake the hand (shake the hand)
Of a fool (of a fool)
The world's (and the world)
Biggest fool (biggest fool)
For believing your every word
Now I have loneliness and a broken heart as my reward

Oh what a fool, yeah, to believe
All those lies you told to me
Oh, but how was I to know?
That you’d take my love and abuse my heart and then you'd go

Well, shake the hand (shake the hand)
Of a fool (of a fool)
The world's (and the world)
Biggest fool (biggest fool)
For believing your every word
Now I have loneliness and a broken heart as my reward

Oh yeah
I was so proud to call you mine
Never dreamed that all the time
You were breaking every rule
Just waiting for the chance to play me for a fool

Well shake the hand (shake the hand)
Of a fool (of a fool)
The world’s (and the world)
Biggest fool (biggest fool)
For believing your every word
Now I have loneliness and a broken heart as my reward

Well shake the hand (shake the hand)
Of a fool (of a fool)
Shake the hand (shake the hand)
Of a fool (of a fool)
Shake the hand (shake the hand)
Of a fool (of a fool)
Shake the hand (shake the hand)
Of a fool (of a fool)
Shake the hand (shake the hand)
Of a fool