Thanks but I dont want your poppy
your badge, wrist band or pin
I give because I want to
because the pride comes from within

Save the pennies that it cost you
put it back into the cause
Showing everyone I gave something
won't start a peace to end all wars

Sure I know that I'll get frowned at
and some might even say
just whats wrong that guy
but I'll just turn and walk away

As they stand there with their poppies
that their dollar went and bought
I'll be the only one that knows
how much I paid for battles fought

Two brothers and a father
went to fight and ne'er returned
they died in wars we won
now there's a lesson's hard to learn

But every year I do my bit
put a hundred in the tin
But I never take a poppy
because the pride it lives within.