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Intro

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Verse

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."

Prechorus

You should know that by now,

When the chequered flag comes down,

No one, no one, no one has won the race.

Intro

Verse

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,

Prechorus

You've never really known.

That when the white flag is flown,

No one, no one, no one has won the war."

Verse

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,

Prechorus

"You've never really known,

That when the white flag is flown,

No one, no one, no one has won the war."

Outro

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.