Cap In Hand Lyrics - Singles - Proclaimers

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 margarine 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 it's 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 

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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 

What's already, what's, what's already 

What's, what's already ours 

We fight when they ask us 

We boast, then we cower 

We beg for a piece of 

What's already, what's, what's already 

What's, what's 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" 

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I can't understand why you let someone else rule your land 

Cap in hand 

No, I can't understand why we let someone else rule our land 

Cap in hand, cap in hand 

No, I can't understand why you let someone else rule your land 

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