The phone rings, it's early, it's seven o'clock.
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He says sorry I woke you, but I just had to talk
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You know last night, remember when I tried to choke you?
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I didn't mean it, I was drunk, it was only a joke.
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You should know that by now,
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when the chequered flag comes down,
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no one no one no one has won the race.
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The next night he's over and over and under
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and after he's finished she lies there and wonders
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just why does she need him and why does she stay here
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and then in the darkness she'll quietly say Dear,
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you've never really known that when the white flag is flown,
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no one no one no one has won the war.
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They're complicated people
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leading complicated lives,
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and he complicates their problems
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by telling complicated lies
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He tells her he's sorry, she tells him it's over,
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he tells her he's sorry, she says over and over
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You've never really known that when the white flag is flown,
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no one no one no one has won the war.
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There goes a forest and there goes a bluebird
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There goes a partridge and there goes a Go Train
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There goes an angel and there goes a steeple
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There goes a cop car and there goes an eagle
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There goes a raven and there go the ribbons
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There goes a raven and there go the ribbons
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There goes a raven and there go
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The ribbons the ribbons the ribbons
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The ribbons of the flag.
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The Flag
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