Les paroles de la chanson
« The flag »
Barenaked Ladies

The phone rings it’s early it’s seven o’clock
He said 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 that by now when the checkered 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 living complicated lives
And he complicates their problems 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 is flown, no one, no one, no one has won the war"

There goes a forest and there goes a blue bird
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, of the flag, of the flag, of the flag, of the flag, of the flag, of the flag