Cap in Hand letra

I could tell the meaning of a word like serene
I got some 'O' Grades when I was sixteen
I can tell the difference between magarine and butter
I can say "Saskatchewan" without starting to stutter

But I can't understand why we let someone else rule our land, cap in hand
I could get a broken jaw from being in a fight
I know its evening when day turns to night
I can understand why Stranraer lie so lowly
They could save a lot of points by signing Hibs Goalie

But I can't understand why we let someone else rule our land, cap in hand

We fight - when they ask us
We boast - then we cower
We beg
For a piece of
Whats already ours

Once I thought I could make God a bribe
So I said I was in his lost tribe
Getting handouts can be so frustrating
"Get in line son, there's five million waiting"

I can't understand why you let someone else rule your land, cap in hand
I can't understand why we let someone else rule our land, cap in hand
I can't understand why you let someone else rule your land, cap in hand

The Proclaimers - Letras

• (I'm Gonna) Burn Your Playhouse Down
• (Trying to Get to) the Part That Really Matters
• A Land Fit for Zeros
• A Long Long Long Time
• Act Of Remembrance
• Beautiful Truth
• Cap in Hand
• Come on Nature
• Don't Give It To Me
• Don't Turn Out Like Your Mother
• Everybody's a Victim
• Follow The Money
• Get Ready
• Ghost of Love
• Heaven Right Now
• Hit The Highway
• How Many Times
• I Want To Be A Christian
• I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)
• I'm On My Way
• It Broke My Heart
• It's Saturday Night
• King Of The Road
• Lady Luck
• Let's Get Married
• Letter From America
• Life With You
• Make My Heart Fly
• Misty Blue
• My Old Friend The Blues
• Oh Jean
• One Too Many
• Over and Done With
• S-O-R-R-Y
• Scotland's Story
• Sean
• She Arouses Me So
• Shout Shout
• Sky Takes the Soul
• Slowburner
• Sunshine On Leith
• Sweet Little Girls
• Teardrops
• That's When He Told Her
• The Doodle Song
• The First Attack
• The Joyful Kilmarnock Blues
• The Light
• The More I Believe
• Then I Met You
• There's a Touch
• These Arms Of Mine
• Throw the 'R' Away
• What Do You Do?
• What Makes You Cry?
• When You're In Love
• Whole Wide World
• Your Childhood