The Flag
The phone rings, it's early, it's seven o'clock.He says sorry I woke you, but I just had to talkYou 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 chequered flag comes down,no one no one no one has won the race.
The next night he's over and over and underand after he's finished she lies there and wondersjust why does she need him and why does she stay hereand 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 peopleleading complicated lives,and he complicates their problemsby telling complicated liesHe tells her he's sorry, she tells him it's over,he tells her he's sorry, she says over and overYou'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 bluebirdThere goes a partridge and there goes a Go TrainThere goes an angel and there goes a steepleThere goes a cop car and there goes an eagleThere goes a raven and there go the ribbonsThere goes a raven and there go the ribbonsThere goes a raven and there go
The ribbons the ribbons the ribbonsThe ribbons of the flag.