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 checkered flag comes down   No one, no one, no one has   Won the race'      The next 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 living complicated lives   And he complicates their problems    Telling complicated lies   He tells her he's sorry   She tells him it's over   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,    The ribbons of the flag