And They're Off-Philip Quast

[ti:And They're Off] [ar:Philip Quast] [al:Live at the Donmar] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]And They're Off - Philip Quast [00:07.40]Ponies in the sun the race is soon beginning [00:12.80]My father bet the family fortune on a sleek brown horse [00:17.86] [00:19.65]My father had a hunch [00:21.83] [00:22.56]We gave up lunch so daddy could make a wager [00:26.65] [00:27.52]Ma would scoff she would scoff hear her scoff [00:31.08]And they're off they are off [00:35.01] [00:37.13]And they move in a herd like a four letter word [00:39.77]And they're off [00:41.47] [00:43.23]Tickets float to the ground and the band starts to play as [00:51.91]The horses go round [00:55.00]And they're off [00:56.05] [00:59.74]Mummy sat and cried but dad was unaffected [01:05.51]You ever had a better two minutes in the last three years [01:10.13] [01:10.66]We said but dad the dumb horse lost [01:14.18]He said sometimes joy has a terrible cost I know that [01:18.76] [01:20.02]Ma would scoff she would scoff hear her scoff [01:23.58]And they're off they're off [01:27.33] [01:29.65]Mummy's biting his neck as they roll on the deck [01:32.33]And they're off [01:33.58] [01:35.69]There is blood on the ground [01:41.27]And the band starts to play as the horses go round [01:47.74]And they're off [01:48.39] [01:49.72]Isn't life funny people loose money and have fun [01:53.76] [01:55.64]Betting of course is hell on the horses [01:57.94]And the families where the betting is done [02:01.16]It's a joke to believe someone won [02:03.64] [02:05.62]All they did was fight plus they discussed the weather [02:10.93] [02:11.64]My father bet the family fortune till it disappeared [02:16.69] [02:19.28]They also laughed a lot [02:21.18] [02:22.20]That was the thing I often forgot to tell you [02:25.32] [02:27.11]But it's true yes it's true it is true [02:30.75]And he's off daddy's off [02:34.52] [02:36.81]We get letters from Maine where he tries to explain why he's off [02:41.05] [02:42.69]What was lost was not found [02:48.00] [02:48.59]And the band starts to play as the horses go round [02:55.03]And they're off [03:00.77]And they're off they're off [03:04.51] [03:06.86]And they move in a herd like a four letter word [03:09.66]And they're off [03:11.09] [03:12.81]There is blood on the ground [03:17.97] [03:18.57]And the band starts to play as the horses go round [03:23.53] [03:24.85]And round and around and around and around and around [03:28.45]And round and around and around and around and around