Barenaked Ladies – The Flag Lyrics  Share

From Barenaked Ladies's album: Gordon

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 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.

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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.
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