[00:00.000] 作词 : William Finn[00:01.000] 作曲 : William Finn[00:03.132]GORDON[00:07.330]Ponies in the sun[00:10.246]The race is soon beginning[00:12.640]My father bet the fam’ly fortune[00:15.555]On a sleek brown horse[00:19.017]My father had a hunch[00:22.197]We gave up lunch[00:23.793]So daddy could make a wager[00:27.515]Ma would scoff[00:29.637]She would scoff[00:30.696]hear her scoff[00:31.494]And they’re off[00:32.291]OTHERS[00:32.565]La la la la la la la la[00:34.155]GORDON[00:34.156]Yeah, they’re off[00:35.752]OTHERS[00:35.753]La la la la la la la la la la la[00:37.080]GORDON[00:37.337]And they move in a herd[00:38.669]Like a four-letter word[00:40.264]And they’re off[00:41.324]OTHERS[00:41.596]La la la la[00:43.179]GORDON[00:43.180]Tickets flow to the ground[00:49.301]And the band starts to play as the horses go round[00:55.144]ALL[00:55.884]And they’re off[00:56.951]GORDON[00:59.810]Mommy sat and cried[01:02.727]But dad was unaffected[01:04.856]He said,[01:05.654]“Have you ever had a better two minutes[01:07.784]In the last three years?”[01:10.964]we said,[01:12.023]“But dad, the dumb horse lost.”[01:14.689]He said,[01:15.211]“Sometimes joy has a terrible cost."[01:18.403]I know that[01:20.533]Ma would scoff[01:22.390]Woo she would scoff[01:23.710]Hear her scoff[01:24.247]And they’re off[01:25.045]OTHERS[01:25.306]La la la la la la la la[01:26.902]GORDON[01:27.176]Yeah, they’re off[01:28.495]OTHERS[01:28.759]La la la la la la la la la la la[01:30.089]GORDON[01:30.090]Mommy’s biting his neck[01:31.686]As they roll on the deck[01:33.279]And they’re off[01:34.602]OTHERS[01:34.875]La la la la[01:35.689]GORDON[01:36.213]there is blood on the ground[01:41.797]And the band starts to play as the horses go round[01:47.903]ALL[01:47.904]And they’re off[01:49.497]GORDON[01:49.761]Isn’t life funny?[01:51.627]People lose money[01:52.951]And have fun[01:56.936]Betting of course is[01:57.996]Hell on the horses[01:59.330]And on families where the betting is done[02:01.983]It’s a joke to believe someone’s won[02:06.494]All they did was fight[02:08.888]Plus they discussed the weather[02:11.805]My father bet the family fortune[02:14.992]‘Til it disappeared[02:18.643]We also laughed a lot[02:21.831]That was the thing I often forgot[02:25.025]To tell you[02:27.143]But it’s true[02:29.273]Yes, it’s true[02:30.070]It is true[02:30.867]And he’s off[02:31.666]OTHERS[02:31.928]La la la la la la la la[02:33.783]GORDON[02:33.784]Daddy’s off[02:35.380]OTHERS[02:35.641]La la la la la la la la la la la[02:36.712]GORDON[02:36.972]We get letters from maine[02:38.308]Where he tries to explain[02:39.629]Why he’s off[02:41.486]OTHERS[02:41.756]La la la la[02:42.555]GORDON[02:43.086]What was lost, was not found[02:48.663]And the band starts to play as the horses go round[02:54.766]ALL[02:54.767]And they’re o-o-o-o-o-off[03:00.875]GORDON[03:00.876]And they’re off![03:01.944]OTHERS[03:01.945]i hear the bell at the starting gate[03:03.803]GODON[03:04.078]Hey, they’re off[03:04.862]OTHERS[03:05.134]we're salivating as their moving moving down[03:07.252]GORDON[03:07.253]And they move in a herd[03:08.588]Like a four-letter word[03:09.647]And they’re off[03:11.776]OTHERS[03:12.036]Coming down the stretch[03:12.835]GORDON[03:13.099]Then there’s blood[03:14.957]OTHERS[03:15.228]Then there’s blood[03:15.752]GORDON[03:16.288]On the ground[03:17.085]OTHERS[03:17.086]On the ground[03:18.943]GORDON[03:19.203]And the band starts to play as the horses go round[03:24.786]And round[03:25.845]OTHERS[03:26.118]And round[03:26.644]GORDON[03:26.916]And around[03:27.442]OTHERS[03:27.714]And around[03:28.240]GORDON[03:28.501]And around[03:29.570]OTHERS[03:29.831]And around[03:30.629]GORDON[03:30.892]And around[03:31.427]OTHERS[03:31.688]And around[03:32.488]GORDON[03:32.759]And around…[03:33.285]OTHERS (as Gordon sings)[03:34.083]And round and round and round and round and round and round-[03:35.415]ALL[03:36.474]And they’re off!