Beautiful South The Poppy Lyrics

Poppy Lyrics

(heaton/rotheray)

 'i fought hard in the second world war'

 You hear them shout

 No good bragging about the afrika korps

 It was beadle's about

 

 They dressed you up and took you off to world war one

 Armed you and surrounded you with wire

 Sat in stinking mud you sung your stupid songs

 And waited till they told you when to fire

 

 Cause the rulers always laugh

 At a video bloodbath

 Nothing makes them laugh

 Like a video bloodbath

 

 From the first world war to the yom-kippur

 It was beadle's about

 The bayonets slice, the rockets roar

 And he jumps out

 

 Fond memories of the bloody bridge you failed to hold

 Many of your buddies killed or maimed

 You would've shot at rabbits if that's what you'd been told

 Till the general said 'i'm sorry you've been framed'

 

 Cause the rulers always laugh

 At a video bloodbath

 And nothing gets a laugh

 Like a video bloodbath

 

 Chorus:

 Keep those entries coming

 Leave those cameras running

 Keep those entrails coming

 Leave those soldiers gunning

 Because you're sure to get a laugh

 With a video bloodbath

 Nothing gets a laugh

 Like a video bloodbath

 

 Here's a wacky video we got last week

 A bomb catches arthur unawares

 He's lost both his arms and he can't see or speak

 But thank you for the memory you shared

 

 Cause the rulers always laugh

 At a video bloodbath

 And nothing gets a laugh

 Like a video bloodbath

 

 Chorus