Friends Of Mine Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Hotsaucey2000 

Cover art for Friends Of Mine lyrics by Guess Who, The

Reference to poppies comes from a poem written by John McCrae after witnessing the death of his friend's death in WW I. I would like to know what the reference to "fade away like Ron Rene".

Ron Rene did fade away though, didn't he? Nobody knows who he is.

I think it has something to do with the fact that Ron Rene was a member of a Winnipeg group back in the '60s called the Quid - what the 'fade away' means I'm not sure - maybe he flopped out I dunno

Whoa, I just looked up the Quid on the Wiki. Ron Rene died in 2007 of a heart attack. He flopped out the hard way, this time.