Key: Eb major
Verse 1
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Absus4
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A child ran through
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the meadow on a sun drenched summer day
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And kneeled in a field of poppies.
Verse 2
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A man walked through my ghetto
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Absus4
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on a humid summer day
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And then he stopped to pay and he
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dealed in a field of poppies.
Verse 3
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Oh, flower of forgetfulness,
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Ab
just an hour away to the moon
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are reaching for truth
While you're in the stupor
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The door knocks and death
Interlude 1
takes another youth.
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Verse 4
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Poppies, red poppies...,
Interlude 2
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Verse 5
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who's laughter rang to the skies
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Was a joy to be hold
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Then I looked into his eyes, a look so cold,
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a boy who (rose on (? ? ? sorry))
Interlude 3
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Verse 6
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Poppies, red poppies, red poppies,
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red poppies..., red poppies...,
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Red poppies...., red poppies..., red poppies...,
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red poppies...,
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