the flag þarký sözü

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.

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.