Started With A Handshake
Album: Hooked
By: BEREL ALEXANDER
By: BEREL ALEXANDER
Duration
4:42
Genres
Description
As the opening track off the album, "Hooked", the song “Started With A Handshake,” evokes the fun and folly of new infatuation, with dynamic guitar work, swells of the Hammond B3 organ, horns, strings and Berel’s playful, seemingly effortless vocals. "Started With A Handshake" recently won 1st place in the 2010 Malibu "Unplugged" Music awards.
Lyrics
“Started With A Handshake” Verse 1: It all started with a handshake, And a hug for good luck, We were doing shows she was so casual, Before she told me she was with somebody, But all she really wanted was to be free, So she could just come and chill with me. I told her we were gonna be good friends, And we’ve been spending time together since then. She calls me up to come visit on weekends. For surely, I'm truly only yours to be, my objective 'till Monday is strictly having fun, So if you wanna go relax in the sunrays, or kick it back, watch a movie, it's been about a month it's going real smoothly, and when I tell her bout emotions rushing through me, she just laughs, like it's not a fact. Chorus: It's crazy how a person can occupy your thoughts, Right when you start working to keep them down on lock, The situation worsens and you know that you've got, Someone you can lean on when life gets hard. 'Cause life gets hard, yes it does... Verse Two: But I can picture you and me, Sittin' on the beach drinkin' bubbly, On our honeymoon, Kissing so passionately Hershey kisses wouldn't taste half as sweet, And I know that you'll be mad 'cause we, Haven't even had a chance to see, All of each other sides, I'm not a bad guy, I just don't want to lie to, That's why I'm crossing boundaries, Speaking my mind to you. Chorus Verse 3: And now I'm driving like 60, Goin' too slow on the freeway, 'Cause I wanted to see you tonite, But you said you weren't down with it, And now I start to get worried, But then I remind myself, You're probably not out with someone other, And it's crazy to me... That it all started with a handshake, And a hug for good luck, We were doing shows she was so casual, Before she told me she was with somebody, But all she really wanted was to be free, So she could just come and chill with me. I told her we were gonna be good friends, And we’ve been spending time together since then. She calls me up to come visit on weekends. For surely, I'm truly only yours to be, my objective 'till Monday is strictly having fun, So if you wanna go relax in the sunrays, or kick it back, watch a movie, it's been about a month it's going real smoothly, and when I tell her bout emotions rushing through me, she just giggles, kisses my dimples, and I haven't found a single thing that's wrong with that. Last Chorus
