Throw The 'R' Away

[ti:Throw The 'R' Away] [ar:The Proclaimers] [al:This Is the Story] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.01]Throw The 'R' Away - The Proclaimers [00:01.65]Written by：Craig Reid [00:02.55] [00:13.66]I've been so sad [00:15.07] [00:15.77]Since you said my accent was bad [00:17.65] [00:19.00]He's wearing a frown [00:20.53] [00:21.43]This Caledonian clown [00:23.33] [00:24.37]I'm just going to have to learn to hesitate [00:26.27] [00:27.11]To make sure my words [00:28.54]On your Saxon ears don't grate [00:30.02]But I wouldn't know a single word to say [00:32.12] [00:32.82]If I flattened all the vowels [00:34.28]And threw they're away [00:35.35] [00:36.21]Some days I stand [00:37.36] [00:38.62]On your green and pleasant land [00:40.35] [00:41.83]How dare I show face [00:43.15] [00:44.19]When my diction is such a disgrace [00:45.93] [00:47.24]I'm just going to have to learn to hesitate [00:49.18] [00:50.00]To make sure my words [00:51.50]On your Saxon ears don't grate [00:52.92]But I wouldn't know a single word to say [00:54.89] [00:55.58]If I flattened all the vowels [00:56.96]And threw they're away [00:57.83] [00:59.34]You say that if I want to get ahead [01:01.28] [01:02.11]The language I use should be left for dead [01:04.90]It doesn't please your ear [01:07.79] [01:10.82]And though you tell it like a leg pull [01:13.51]It seems you're still full of john bull [01:16.28]You just refuse to hear [01:19.33] [01:22.23]Oh what can I do [01:23.88] [01:24.54]To be understood by you [01:26.28] [01:27.69]Perhaps for some money [01:29.50]I could talk like a bee dripping honey [01:32.27]I'm just going to have to learn to hesitate [01:35.06] [01:35.81]To make sure my words [01:37.10]On your Saxon ears don't grate [01:38.72]But I wouldn't know a single word to say [01:40.77] [01:41.40]If I flattened all the vowels [01:42.89]And threw they're away [01:43.78] [01:45.09]You say that if I want to get ahead [01:47.22] [01:47.75]The language I use should be left for dead [01:50.68]It doesn't please your ear [01:53.78] [01:56.65]And though you tell it like a leg pull [01:59.31]I think you're still full of john bull [02:02.18]You just refuse to hear [02:05.10] [02:07.90]He's been so sad [02:09.59] [02:10.43]Since you said his accent was bad [02:12.29] [02:13.56]He's wearing a frown [02:15.18] [02:15.99]This Caledonian clown [02:18.00] [02:18.84]I'm just going to have to learn to hesitate [02:20.99] [02:21.66]To make sure my words [02:22.97]On your Saxon ears don't grate [02:24.40]But I wouldn't know a single word to say [02:26.96]If I flattened all the vowels [02:28.59]And threw they're away [02:29.52] [02:30.21]Flattened all the vowels [02:31.45]And threw they're away [02:32.94]If I flattened all the vowels [02:34.49]And threw they're away