Gordon:
Ponies in the sun.
The race is soon beginning.
My family 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!Chorus: La la la la la la la la la laGordon: Yeah they're off!Chorus: La la la la la la la la la laGordon: And they move in a herd, like a four letter word and they're off.Chorus: La la la la.Gordon: Tickets flow, to the ground. And the band starts to play as the horses go round.All: And they're off!Goron: 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!Chorus: La la la la la la la la la laGordon: Yeah they're off!Chorus: La la la la la la la la la laGordon: Mommy's biting his neck as they roll on the deck, and they're off.Chorus: 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 family bet the 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!Chorus: La la la la la la la la la laGordon: Daddy's off!Chorus: La la la la la la la la la laGoron: We get letters from Maine where he tries to explain why he's off.Chorus: La la la la.Gordon: What was lost was not found.And the band starts to play as the horses go round.
And they're offfffffffff.
And they're off!Chorus: I hear the bells of the starting gate.Gordon: Hey they're off.Chorus: We're salivating as we're moving moving down the track.Gordon: And they move in a herd like a four letter word, and they're off.Chorus: Comming down the stretch!Gordon: There is blood (There is blood) on the ground.(On the ground) And the band starts to play as the horses go round.
And roundChorus: And round.Gordon: And roundChorus: And round.Gordon: And around.Chorus: And AroundGordon: And around.Chorus: And AroundGordon: And Arooooounnd.Chorus: And round. And round. And round. And round. And round. And round. And round.All:And they're off!
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