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... they are off And they move in a herd like a four letter word And they're off Tickets float to the ground and the band starts to play as the horses go round And they're off Mummy 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, she would scoff, hear her scoff And they're off... yeah they're off Mummy's biting his neck as they roll on the deck And they're off There is blood on the ground And the band starts to play as the horses go round And they're off Isn't life funny, people loose money and have fun Betting of course is hell on the horses And the families where the betting is done It's a joke to believe someone won All they did was fight, plus they discussed the weather My father bet the family fortune till it disappeared They also laughed a lot That was the thing I often forgot to tell you But it's true, yes it's true, it is true And he's off... daddy's off We get letters from Maine where he tries to explain why he's off What was lost was not found And the band starts to play as the horses go round And they're off And they're off... yeah they're off And they move in a herd like a four letter word And they're off There is blood on the ground And the band starts to play as the horses go round And round, and around, and around, and around, and around And they're off
[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
