A New Brain - And They're Off Lyrics

1998 Off-Broadway musical by William Finn
A New Brain the Musical - And They're Off Lyrics

Song from "A New Brain the Musical" is titled "And They're Off" and is written by William Finn.

GORDON
Ponies in the sun
The race is soon beginning
My father bet the fam’ly 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

OTHERS
La la la la la la la la

GORDON
Yeah, they’re off

OTHERS
La 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

OTHERS
La la la la

GORDON
Tickets flow 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

OTHERS
La la la la la la la la

GORDON
Yeah, they’re off

OTHERS
La 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

OTHERS
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
‘Til it disappeared
We 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

OTHERS
La la la la la la la la

GORDON
Daddy’s off

OTHERS
La 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

OTHERS
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 o-o-o-o-o-off

GORDON
And they’re off!

OTHERS
i hear the bell at the starting gate

GODON
Hey, they’re off

OTHERS
we're salivating
as their moving moving down

GORDON
And they move in a herd
Like a four-letter word
And they’re off

OTHERS
Coming down the stretch

GORDON
Then there’s blood

OTHERS
Then there’s blood

GORDON
On the ground

OTHERS
On the ground

GORDON
And the band starts
to play as the horses go round
And round

OTHERS
And round

GORDON
And around

OTHERS
And around

GORDON
And around

OTHERS
And around

GORDON
And around

OTHERS
And around

GORDON
And around…

OTHERS (as Gordon sings)
And round and round and round
and round and round and round-

ALL
And they’re off!

A New Brain the Musical Lyrics

SYNOPSIS
Frogs Have So Much Spring ('The Spring Song')
Calamari
911 Emergency/ I Have So Many Songs
Heart And Music
Trouble In His Brain
Mother's Gonna Make Things Fine
Sailing
Family History
Gordo's Law Of Genetics
And They're Off
Just Go
Poor Unsuccessful And Fat
Sitting Becalmed In The Lee Of Cuttyhunk
An Invitation To Sleep In My Arms
Change
Yes
In The Middle Of The Room
Throw It Out
A Really Lousy Day In The Universe
Brain Dead
Whenever I Dream
Eating Myself Up Alive
The Music Still Plays On
Don't Give In
Sailing (Reprise)
The Homeless Lady's Revenge
Time
Time And Music
I Feel So Much Spring