[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!