| I’ve seen you, baby, with another boy |
| Yes another, only nine years old |
| Don’t you think the difference shows? |
| I’m only twenty-eight, baby |
| And I have a little style, alright |
| I’ve experienced just a few little things |
| I could make it in a while |
| If you let me hold your hand |
| Shake your hand, hold your hand |
| Alright, I’m a loser, baby |
| I don’t wear short pants and socks |
| Don’t have a lot of curly hair |
| Tumbling down in golden locks |
| Maybe you’ll have a way with him |
| How should I really know? |
| But if you have a way with me |
| Then baby, please let it show |
| Come on |
| Shake my hand, shake my hand |
| Shake my hand, hold my hand |
| I’ve seen your blood boiling, baby |
| When I accused you of stealing children |
| But you’re, you’re, you don’t like the lies |
| You don’t like it, baby, and I put you in the wilderness |
| Thrown you among the thistles, baby |
| Down among the brown weeds |
| To see you running with those youngsters |
| Makes a smart man bleed |
| Oh, let me hold your hand |
| Hold your hand, hold your hand |
| Hold your hand |
| Just one little note to you, baby |
| Written on an exercise book before I go |
| Little blue one, you never seen before |
| Lines from the top and lines to the bottom |
| Written in bright red ink |
| It says, 'The teacher stinks' |
| Forty-five and with a boy of nine |
| She wants to get with somebody who can really do time |
| And shake her hand |
| Shake her hand, shake her hand |
| Shake her hand, hold her hand |
| Shake her hand, baby, and I’ll shake yours |
| Shake her hand, baby, and I’ll shake yours |
| Shake her hand, baby, and I’ll shake yours |
| Shake her hand |