Today Granddad came by the office
Amazed at all the papers that I sign
I told him that's how we do business
I'm just a product of modern times
He shook his head and then said
I don't understand how all these deals are done
It just don't make no sense to me
To deal with people you don't see
We did it so much differently when I was young
When the shake of a hand
Was all you really needed
The strength of a man was in his words
When you could look him in the eye
And know just where you stand
Men were made on the shake of a hand
Well I put down my pen down and closed up early
We drank a beer and talked of times he's had
He reminisced when he proposed to Nanna
And how he got permission from her dad
He smiled and said I won't forget
The hardest hand I ever had to shake
I told him I'd take care of her
And through the years I kept my word
Son we said just what we meant Back in those days
When the shake of a hand
Was all you really needed
The strength of a man was in his words
When you could look him in the eye
And know just where you stand
Men were made on the shake of a hand
The shake of a hand
Was all you really needed
The strength of a man was in his word
When you could look him in the eye
And know just where you stand
Men were made on the shake of a hand
Oh Men were made on the shake of a hand
