Simone, Nina - Poppies Lyrics
A child ran through the meadow on a sun drenched summer day
And then he stopped his play
And kneeled in a field of poppies.
A man walked through my ghetto on a humid summer day
Oh, flower of forgetfulness, just an hour away to the moon
Take a deep breath if you are reaching for truth
While you're in the stupor
The door knocks and death takes another youth.
Poppies, red poppies..., red poppies...
A boy I used to know, a boy I used to know who's laughter rang to the skies
Was a joy to behold
In a field of poppies
Poppies, red poppies, red poppies, red poppies..., red poppies...,
Red poppies...., red poppies..., red poppies..., red poppies...
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Simone, Nina Poppies Comments
This is absolute heaven. Oh! You beautiful woman.
What a beautiful song.
saw this phenomenal vocalist at the village gate in the late sixties. i feel she is an unsung hero! whatever the personal crap about her! she.s phenomenal. i will never forget her live performance ! she was electrical! an unsung vocalist and performer. lest least we remember her. if not for anything else! her unimitable talents. she was a true trailblazer! for the likes of Badou. Scott. etc. an unsung!! no matter! she s amoung thee greatest!! a trailblazer! recognize!
"Then I looked into his eyes, a look so cold, a boy grown old, a zombie who kneeled in a field of poppies"
I know its red poppies. actually love this song.
dead puppies
puppies!
Beautiful song! Thank you Mr Bleecher for writing it.. I hope your Brother got over his addiction! Thank you for the explanation to the origin of the story Mr Bleecher junior and thank you Nina for recording it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_Ward_(album)...
I had a puppy once, it ran away when I went to hospital. !
Odd to stumble across this... my dad wrote it.
@David Bleecher Is that fact on Wikipedia?
Just look at the actual song. It tells you the lyricist. My Dad's name was Leonard Bleecher.
This is a post from 2 years ago. That's a long way to go back in my posting history to get upset, man. I won't block you at the moment because I appreciate the depths that you went to give me said attention. :)
Wow I just felt the pain in this song, I found it on my iTunes so sorry about your uncle it took pain to write such a beautiful song.
Kudos to him 👏🏾😍
Hi--
It sounds like the words you couldn't hear are "a boy grown old."
Poignant lyrics!
memories
how beautiful but true