The Flag
Words & Music by Steven Page
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 & over & under
and after he's finished she lies there & wonders.
just why does she need him & 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 & 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 & there goes a bluebird.
There goes a partridge & there goes a Go Train.
There goes an angel & there goes a steeple.
There goes a cop car & there goes an eagle.
There goes a raven & there go the ribbons.
There goes a raven & there go the ribbons.
There goes a raven & there go
The ribbons, the ribbons the ribbons
The ribbons of the flag.
