And They’re Off

Lyrics

[GORDON] Ponies in the sun.. The race is soon beginning My father bet the family fortune On a sleek brown horse My father had a hunch We gave up lunch So Daddy could make a wager! Ma would scoff She would scoff Hear her scoff And they're off! [ENSEMBLE] La la la la la la la la la la! [GORDON] Yeah, they're off! [ENSEMBLE] La la la la la la la la la la! [GORDON] And they move in a herd Like a four letter word And they're off! [ENSEMBLE] La la la la.. [GORDON] Tickets float to the ground And the band starts to play As the horses go round [ALL] And they're off! [GORDON] Mommy sat and cried.. But Dad was unaffected He said "Have you ever had a better two minutes In the last three years?" We said "But dad, the dumb horse lost!" He said "Sometimes joy has a terrible cost, I know that" Ma would scoff Woo, she would scoff Hear her scoff And they're off! [ENSEMBLE] La la la la la la la la la la! [GORDON] Yeah, they're off! [ENSEMBLE] La la la la la la la la la la! [GORDON] Mommy's biting his neck As they roll on the deck And they're off [ENSEMBLE] La la la la.. [GORDON] There is blood on the ground And the band starts to play As the horses go round.. [ALL] And they're off! [GORDON] Isn't life funny? People lose money And have fun! Betting, of course, is hell on the horses And on families where the betting is done It's a joke to believe someone's won.. All they did was fight Plus they discussed the weather My father bet the family fortune Till it disappeared! We also laughed a lot That was a thing I often forgot to tell you.. But it's true Yes, it's true It is true And he's off! [ENSEMBLE] La la la la la la la la la la! [GORDON] Daddy's off [ENSEMBLE] La la la la la la la la la la! [GORDON] We get letters from Maine Where he tries to explain why he's off! [ENSEMBLE] La la la la.. [GORDON] What was lost was not found! And the band starts to play As the horses go round [ALL] And they're off! [GORDON] And they're off! [ENSEMBLE] I hear the bell at the starting gate [GORDON] They are off! [ENSEMBLE] We're salivating as we're move it! Moving down the track! [GORDON] And they move in a herd Like a four letter word And they're off! [ENSEMBLE] Coming down the stretch [GORDON/ENSEMBLE] There is blood (There is blood) On the ground (On the ground!) And the band starts to play (Oh!) As the horses go round [GORDON/ENSEMBLE] And round (and round) And round (and round) And round (and round) And round (and round) And around! (And round and round And round and round And round and round and--) [ALL] And they're off!