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 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.