Red poppy, red poppy, red poppy have you got your red poppy?
Red poppy, red poppy, red poppy now where’s your red poppy?


Don’t you know about the First World War?
It’s what we wear these poppies for
They’re to symbolise the blood that the soldiers bled
That’s why the poppies are coloured red


But it wasn’t the whole world that actually fought
It was primarily Europe - that’s what i was taught
And i already knew that blood is red
I think I’ll wear a white poppy instead


White poppy, white poppy, i think i’ll wear a white poppy
White poppy, white poppy, if Jezza wears one then the press’ll get stroppy


We’re talking about the Great War
It was “greatness” that they were fighting for
That’s what the man on the TV said
“We must wear them to honour the glorious dead”


I don’t think any war is great mate
And i don’t want to die in service to the State
And the way I choose to honour the slain
Is to make sure it never happens again


Red poppy, red poppy, it don’t matter if it’s a photoshopped copy
Red poppy, red poppy, if a soldier don’t wear one he goes all floppy


But this was the War to End All Wars
It was better than when we were bashed by the Boers
We wear these poppies to remember
Forget about the 5th of November


Well I’m dreadfully sorry to disappoint
But it didn’t end all wars - that’s exactly my point
200 million have died in wars since then
Where’s your flowers for all those women and men?


Dead puppy, dead puppy, if you don’t care about people here’s a picture of a puppy
The shrapnel hit the puppy and the puppy bled, that’s why the puppy is coloured red


But we wear the poppies to Help the Heroes
Those who don’t wear them are worse than zeroes
We wear them to support our troops
They’re being disrespected by these Commie peace groups


You don’t wear them to remember you wear them to forget
If in your mind there’s more wars to wage yet
You need to red wash the horror of war
By glorifying militarism - that’s what your poppy’s for


Here’s a man who remembers - he’s a “World” War vet
He’s never worn a poppy, he’d rather forget
But he breathes it every day - he’s got shell shock
If you ask him he’ll tell you he wants his generals in the dock


Red poppy, red poppy, that’s what your life really lacks
Red poppy, red poppy, and I’ve got a sack of smack out the back


Yes they’ve got plenty of poppies in Afghanistan
But we don’t need to honour them - that’s an Arab not a man
If you want to know the value of the poppy here’s the proof
Heroin sales have gone through the roof


The Army must think that we’re fools
That’s why they use red poppies as recruitment tools
They’re pushing poppies in primary schools
Now pose with this gun kid - isn’t it cool?


Pink poppy, pink poppy, here’s a compromise I’ll wear a pink poppy
Pink poppy, pink poppy, I’ll wear a pink poppy and it’s not because I’m soppy


I’ll start with white cos i refuse to fight
And I’ll blend in some red out of respect for the dead
But if someone asks me why I’m wearing pink I’ll say
It’s because I think the army’s gay