[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