And They're Off [Live]-Philip Quast

[00:07.07]Ponies in the sun, the race is soon beginning [00:13.10]My father bet the family fortune on a sleek brown horse [00:19.23]My father had a hunch [00:22.31]We gave up lunch so daddy could make a wager [00:27.29]Ma would scoff, she would scoff, hear her scoff [00:31.01]And they're off... they are off [00:36.95]And they move in a herd like a four letter word [00:39.87]And they're off [00:43.01]Tickets float to the ground and the band starts to play as the horses go round [00:55.01]And they're off [00:59.34]Mummy sat and cried, but dad was unaffected [01:04.59]He said: Have you ever had a better two minutes in the last three years? [01:10.26]We said: But dad, the dumb horse lost! [01:14.09]He said: Sometimes joy has a terrible cost, I know that! [01:19.86]Ma would scoff, she would scoff, hear her scoff [01:23.68]And they're off... yeah they're off [01:29.51]Mummy's biting his neck as they roll on the deck [01:32.33]And they're off [01:35.70]There is blood on the ground [01:41.05]And the band starts to play as the horses go round [01:47.54]And they're off [01:49.61]Isn't life funny, people loose money and have fun [01:55.55]Betting of course is hell on the horses [01:58.45]And the families where the betting is done [02:01.32]It's a joke to believe someone won [02:05.86]All they did was fight, plus they discussed the weather [02:12.01]My father bet the family fortune till it disappeared [02:18.99]They also laughed a lot [02:21.99]That was the thing I often forgot to tell you [02:27.15]But it's true, yes it's true, it is true [02:30.71]And he's off... daddy's off [02:37.07]We get letters from Maine where he tries to explain why he's off [02:42.79]What was lost was not found [02:48.45]And the band starts to play as the horses go round [02:54.81]And they're off [03:00.70]And they're off... yeah they're off [03:06.76]And they move in a herd like a four letter word [03:09.71]And they're off [03:12.99]There is blood on the ground [03:18.32]And the band starts to play as the horses go round [03:24.74]And round, and around, and around, and around, and around [03:35.30]And they're off