Boscombe Armistice

The war is lost, I know there've been battles won And I raise a white flag and put my hands up And all my life, you know, I've fought my way Now I try to see, I try to see if I can't be a peaceful man 'Cause all my life I've been hiding I was whistling in the dark And I've been cruel, I've been a fool to me I was waiting for my life to start My darling would you say, say, say that you rue the day You pledged your love, sugar, to my torn face My granny said, "Boy, boy, boy, you'd cause war in an empty hoose" And I was raised beneath her roof, I was raised And if you know me then you know the truth, well, you've seen the proof And all my life I've been hiding I was whistling in the dark And I've been cruel, I've been a fool to me I was waiting for my life to start I was waiting, waiting long There's no surprise, there's no surprise There's no surprise, there's no surprise There's no, no, no, no, no surprise (there's no surprise, there's no surprise) The ballad of, the ballad of Peckham Rye (there's no surprise, there's no surprise) There's no, no, no, no, no surprise (there's no surprise, there's no surprise)