And They're Off by William Finn (Ft. Alyse Alan Louis, Bradley Dean, Jenni Barber, Jonathan Groff, Josh Lamon, Quentin Earl Darrington & Rema Webb)
And They're Off by William Finn (Ft. Alyse Alan Louis, Bradley Dean, Jenni Barber, Jonathan Groff, Josh Lamon, Quentin Earl Darrington & Rema Webb)

And They’re Off

William Finn & Jonathan Groff & Alyse Alan Louis & Jenni Barber & Rema Webb & Bradley Dean & Quentin Earl Darrington & Josh Lamon * Track #10 On A New Brain (2015 New York Cast Recording)

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Album A New Brain (2015 New York Cast Recording)

And They're Off by William Finn (Ft. Alyse Alan Louis, Bradley Dean, Jenni Barber, Jonathan Groff, Josh Lamon, Quentin Earl Darrington & Rema Webb)

Release Date
Fri Feb 05 2016
Performed by
William FinnJonathan Groff & Alyse Alan Louis & Jenni Barber & Rema Webb & Bradley Dean & Quentin Earl Darrington & Josh Lamon
Produced by
PS Classics & Jeffrey Lesser
Writed by
William Finn
About

Gordon tells the story of his parents' relationship, which eventually led to his father’s abandoning his family due to a horse gambling addiction.

And They’re Off Lyrics

[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

[GORDON]
Yeah, they're off!

[ENSEMBLE]
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 la

[GORDON]
Tickets float to the ground
And the band starts to play
As the horses go round

[ENSEMBLE]
And they're off!

[GORDON]
Mommy sat and cried
But Dad was unaffected
He said

[JOE]
"Have you ever had a better two minutes
In the last three years?"

[GORDON]
She said

[MIMI]
"But Joe, the dumb horse lost!"

[GORDON]
He said

[JOE]
"Sometimes joy has a terrible cost
I know that"

[GORDON/MIMI]
We would laugh
We would sneer
We would scoff
And they're off!

[ENSEMBLE]
La la la la la

[GORDON]
Yeah, they're off!

[ENSEMBLE]
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 la

[GORDON]
There is blood on the ground
And the band starts to play
As the horses go round

[ENSEMBLE]
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

[MIMI/JOE/GORDON]
All we did was fight

[GORDON]
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 mention
But it's true
Yes, it's true
It is true
And he's off!

[ENSEMBLE]
La la la la la

[GORDON]
Daddy's off!

[ENSEMBLE]
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 la

[GORDON]
What was lost was not found
And the band starts to play
As the horses go round

[ENSEMBLE]
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 moving, 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 on the ground
And the band starts to play
As the horses go round

[GORDON/ENSEMBLE]
And round and round
And round and round
And round and round
And round and round
And round and round
And round and round
And round and round
And they're off!

And They’re Off Q&A

Who wrote And They’re Off's ?

And They’re Off was written by William Finn.

Who produced And They’re Off's ?

And They’re Off was produced by PS Classics & Jeffrey Lesser.

When did William Finn release And They’re Off?

William Finn released And They’re Off on Fri Feb 05 2016.

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