Throw the 'R' Away-The Proclaimers

[00:00.000] 作词 : Reid, Reid [00:01.000] 作曲 : Charlie Reid/Craig Reid [00:13.27]I've been so sad [00:15.47]Since you said my accent was bad [00:18.72]He's wearing a frown [00:21.08]This caledonian clown [00:24.00]I'm just going to have to learn to hesitate [00:26.84]To make sure my words [00:28.32]On your saxon ears don't grate [00:29.74]But I wouldn't know a single word to say [00:32.83]If I flattened all the vowels [00:34.06]And threw the r away [00:35.91]Some days I stand [00:38.25]On your green and pleasant land [00:41.15]How dare I show face [00:43.85]When my diction is such a disgrace [00:46.89]I'm just going to have to learn to hesitate [00:49.64]To make sure my words [00:52.52]But I wouldn't know a single word to say [00:52.57]On your saxon ears don't grate [00:55.23]If I flattened all the vowels [00:56.89]And threw the r away [00:59.04]You say that if I want to get ahead [01:01.86]The language I use should be left for dead [01:04.69]It doesn't please your ear [01:08.49]And though you tell it like a leg pull [01:13.26]It seems you're still full of John Bull [01:16.11]You just refuse to hear [01:21.70]Oh what can I do [01:24.19]To be understood by you [01:27.37]Perhaps for some money [01:29.48]I could talk like a bee dripping honey [01:31.92]I'm just going to have to learn to hesitate [01:35.64]To make sure my words [01:37.07]On your Saxon ears don't grate [01:38.37]But I wouldn't know a single word to say [01:41.15]If I flattened all the vowels [01:42.77]And threw the r away [01:44.65]You say that if I want to get ahead [01:47.72]The language I use should be left for dead [01:50.49]It doesn't please your ear [01:56.31]And though you tell it like a leg pull [01:59.06]I think you're still full of John Bull [02:01.88]You just refuse to hear [02:07.61]He's been so sad [02:10.08]Since you said his accent was bad [02:13.18]He's wearing a frown [02:15.65]This caledonian clown [02:18.50]I'm just going to have to learn to hesitate [02:21.24]To make sure my words [02:22.63]On your saxon ears don't grate [02:23.99]But I wouldn't know a single word to say [02:26.74]If I flattened all the vowels [02:28.25]And threw the r away [02:29.76]Flattened all the vowels [02:30.98]And threw the r away [02:32.53]If I flattened all the vowels [02:33.83]And threw the r away [02:39.07]