Barenaked Ladies - The Flag lyrics

The phone rings, it's early
It's seven o'clock
He says, "Sorry I woke you
But I just had to talk you know last night
Remember when I tried to choke you?
I didn't mean it, I was drunk
It was only a joke
You should know that by now
When the checkered flag comes down
No one, no one, no one has won the race"

The next night he's over and over and under
And after he's finished she
Lies there and wonders
Just why does she need him and
Why does she stay here
And then in the darkness she'll quietly say
"Dear you've never really known that when
The white flag is flown
No one, no one, no one has won the war"

They're complicated people leading
Complicated lives
And he complicates their problems
By telling complicated lies
He tells her he's sorry
She tells him it's over
He tells her he's sorry
She says over and over
"You've never really known that when
The white flag is flown
No one no one no one has won the war"

There goes a forest and there goes a bluebird
There goes a partridge and there
Goes a GO train
There goes an angel and there goes a steeple
There goes a cop car and there goes an eagle
There goes a raven and there go the ribbons
There goes a raven and there go the ribbons
There goes a raven and there go
The ribbons, the ribbons, the ribbons
The ribbons of the flag of the flag
Of the flag
Of the flag (There goes the flag)
Of the flag (There goes the flag)
Of the flag of the flag