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