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Poppy Day

Steve Knightley

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Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
 
[Verse 1]
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You know the London street life's had its fill
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Saturation overspill
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I start my car, head west until
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I reach a little county town
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And in the tree lined suburbs, out in the sticks
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I open up my bag of tricks
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There's a million more young lives to fix
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Another deal goes down
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You know me I'm a big city matador
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I make my killing down the M4 corridor
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Strike up the band, today is poppy day
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Coming to a town near you
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Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooooooooh
 
[Verse 2]
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See them hanging out by the old stone cross
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One more carved name - no great loss
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I make a good living, I give no toss
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Then I'm heading back to town
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So when the radio talks about another new Czar
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I laugh out loud in my brand new car
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The London sky, it calls from afar
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My wheels of trade go round
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They stand in line as my drum beats reveille
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Instead of a medal, here's a spike and a tourniquet
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Strike up the band, today is poppy day
Em G A
Coming to a town near you
Em G A
Coming to a town near you
 
[Bridge]
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Take this petal, take this pin
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Put that blood red honey under your skin
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But I want my cut, I'll shake this tin
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Let's begin
 
[Verse 3]
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So there's my best mate in Afghanistan
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Fighting with the Paras, taking on the Taliban
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If anyone can sort those mothers out they can
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The sons of Salisbury Plain
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He says it's just like walking through Flanders fields
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Now the opium farmers have doubled their yields
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We bring them back on their comrade's shields
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But here's a way to dull the pain
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So what's your poison? You choose
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Is it weed or wine, is it pills or booze?
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Strike up the band, today is poppy day
Em G A
Coming to a town near you
 
[Outro]
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You know this war on drugs is such an abject failure
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You're trying to kill bugs with a gun or a rapier
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Strike up the band, today is poppy day
Em G A
Coming to a town near you
Em G A
Coming to a town near you
Em G A
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooooooooh