Barenaked Ladies

The phone rings, it 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 chequered 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.