Derby songbook 2012

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Might as well kick it off now, this one's just too topical to wait.

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Tail Dyed Blue
(to the tune of Blue Bayou)

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I feel so bad I’ve got a worried mind
Keeneland’s stewards drew the line
After they heard that Hansen they’d find
With tail dyed blue

Spending nickels, spending dimes
For work where the sun don’t shine
Hoping no one finds out next time
His tail’s dyed blue

(chorus)He’s going to race someday
Come what may
With tail dyed blue
Yeah, I’ll pay the fine
When the stewards whine
“His tail’s dyed blue”
Let the critics choke
On their nasty jokes
If I could only see
My Great White Hope colt win
Blue tail flaggin’
How happy I’d be
Gonna talk with some of my friends
Gonna call the stylist and then
You know I will try it again
His tail dyed blue

Spending nickels, spending dimes
For work where the sun don’t shine
Hoping no one finds out this time
His tail’s dyed blue

(chorus)

That white horse of mine by my side
The rose garland and the blue behind
Oh that sweet day’s gonna take away
This hurtin’ inside

Oh I’ll give you a clue
My dreams‘ll come true
His tail dyed blue.

[Shelby]

:lol: You are so good at this!

[Tom]

I was thinking "Tail Dyed Blue," by Neil Diamond.

[Linny]

Tail dyed blue
Everybody knows one.
Tail dyed blue,
Every shedrow grows one...

[Tom]

Nice......Derby Spirit~! :D

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Tail dyed blue
Everybody knows one.
Tail dyed blue,
Every shedrow grows one...

:D Very nice.

[Indulto]

Fence,
Great lyrics for a great song. :ThmbUp:

While "Jimmy Crack Corn" isn’t quite as challenging,
I can’t resist the temptation.


When at the track I like to bet
The horse that's made the favorite
They often win and that is why
I bet one owned by the blue-tail guy


Chorus

Hansen's the chalk, and he don't care.
Hansen's the chalk, and he don't care.
Hansen's the chalk, and he don't care.
Our money's gone away.


The horse, a grey, was almost white
And ran just like a ghost in flight
His flowing tail pleased every eye
Except that of the blue-tail guy

Chorus


That owner had a different view
He'd prefer a tail colored blue
Altering appearance using dye
Was the intent of the blue-tail guy

Chorus


Before too long the owner's plan
Drew the attention of Paul Moran
The columnist was hardly shy
In opposition to the blue-tail guy

Chorus


When NYRA didn't understand
Sights were then set on Keeneland
Where without warning they did try
To use the plan of the blue-tail guy

Chorus


Once the authorities made their call
The die was removed in the horse's stall
With trainer preparations gone awry
The loss was blamed on the blue-tail guy.

Chorus


If the horse shows up on Derby Day
Even in all original grey.
I'll know better than a ticket to buy
On a horse owned by the blue-tail guy.

Chorus

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Fence,
Great lyrics for a great song. :ThmbUp:

While "Jimmy Crack Corn" isn’t quite as challenging,
I can’t resist the temptation.


When at the track I like to bet
The horse that's made the favorite
They often win and that is why
I bet one owned by the blue-tail guy


Chorus

Hansen's the chalk, and he don't care.
Hansen's the chalk, and he don't care.
Hansen's the chalk, and he don't care.
Our money's gone away.


:D "money's gone away" is right.

Ya think Went the Day Well will make it, that Graham Motion version of the Locomotion keeps calling me. I've fought it off so far, but ...

[Linny]

Everybody's goin' to the Kentucky Derby
Come on baby, do the Graham Motion
From the Polytrack to the KY Derby
Come one baby, do the Graham Motion

A little baby filly could do it with me
Out at Fair Hill for a moring breeze
So come on come on, do the Graham Motion with me.

You gotta train well on the dirt
Come on baby
Handle that, dirt track!
Well I think you got the knack!

Now that you can do it, lets get in the gate now
Come on baby, do the Graham Motion
Get in a good position because you can rate now
Come on baby, do the Graham Motion

Take it nice and easy now, don't get speed crazed
(Come on baby, do the Graham Motion)
It's the KY Derby, there's alot of pace
(Come on baby, do the Graham Motion)

Move around the field when your turning for home
Its easy to do when your in the zone
Come on come on do the Graham Motion with me

Theres never been a race thats so easy to win
If your move fall short it will be a sin
Come on, come on do the Graham Motion with me!

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Everybody's goin' to the Kentucky Derby
Come on baby, do the Graham Motion
From the Polytrack to the KY Derby
Come one baby, do the Graham Motion

...

Thank you! :ThmbUp:

[Linny]

For Bob "Bullet" Baffert, to the tune of Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Gimme Back My Bullets"

Life's so strange when it's changin', yes indeed
I've seen hard time and the pressures been on me
I've gotta keep workin like the workin man do
I've got the favorite now, gonna walk all over you

Gettin' back to bullets, back where they belong
Aint foolin around cause I'm back at the 'Downs
Your gonna see some more damage done
Gettin' back to bullets

[Indulto]

With apologies to Carole King and Gerry Goffin:


Everybody’s usin’ raceday meds now
C’mon baby, do it like Graham Motion
Years and years of testing and never a positive
C’mon baby, do it like Graham Motion

There’s been no other trainer that's never told a lie
To owner, Barry Irwin, and been praised to the sky
So c’mon, c’mon
Do it like Grahm Motion for me

You’ve got to keep those injections coming
C’mon Baby
Keep good records
Stay on track
Well, I think you’ve got the knack

Whoa-oh
Now that you can do it, Baby, let’s take a chance now
C’mon baby, do it like Graham Motion
Minimize the preps now, but still get the earnings
C’mon baby, do it like Graham Motion

Keep your owners happy, but don’t lose control
Take them to the Derby without losing your soul.
So c’mon, c’mon
Do it like Grahm Motion for me

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Bodemeister
(to the tune of Bodhisattva)

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Bodemeister
Would you win the race in hand
Bodemeister
Would you win the race in hand

Can you show how
You’ll toast Take Charge Indy
You’ll dust Dullahan
Can you show how

Bodemeister
Bodemeister
I’m gonna really bet the farm
Bodemeister
I’m gonna really bet the farm
Cause you’ll be there
Smoking grey Hansen
Winning over Alpha
Yes, you’ll be there
Bodemeister
Bodemeister

[Linny]

:D :jump: :D

[PhantomOnTour]

If only they were racing fans:

The Commodores - Easy Like Sunday Silence
Counting Crows - Smarty Jones (...and me, strolling through the barrio)

[PhantomOnTour]

" Bodemeister" to the tune of Don Henley's "Dirty Laundry"
(sorry, i am too lame to know how to post a video so someone help me out)


I make my living out there on the track
and i have never, never felt the crack
You know i won't be looking back
I am Bodemeister

Well i coulda been a show horse but i wound up here
i just gotta run fast and hope i scope clear
See the others shake with fear !
I am Bodemeister

going to Kentuck - gonna take 'em down
bring the next two up - gonna win the Crown

got the alabaster cream puff with his tail dyed blue
he can watch me as i roll by and the doctor can too
there'll be nothing left but residue !
I am Bodemeister

can you find another colt who'll make me break sweat?
all the grooms on the backside have a running bet
get this Alpha on the set !
I am Bodemeister

Dullahan is gonna find out what's going on
when his jockey falls asleep i will be up and gone
you should have legged up Castanon !
I am Bodemeister

going to Kentuck - gonna take 'em down
bring the next two up - gonna win the crown

dirty little Union in dirty little Rags
got a dirty little jockey who loves to let him lag
send them to the shed to shag !
I am Bodemeister

we can do the front with Take Charge - we can stalk with Gem
when it's said and done i bet you cannot find them
watch me run and say Amen !
I am Bodemeister

[MickJ26]

I was thinking "Tangled up in Blue" by Bob Dylan.
"Tail dyed in blue...."

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Old Time Triple Crown
(to the tune of Old Time Rock and Roll)

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Just take those A-R-Ms off the shelf
I’ll sit and browse through them by myself
Today’s runners are bringing me down
I like that old time Triple Crown

Don’t try to take me to the Derby
You’ll never even get me into the place
And if you could I won’t stay for the race
I like that old time Triple Crown

Still like that old time Triple Crown
Give me more Omaha and less Big Brown
Or Citation racing ‘gainst Coaltown
For that old time Triple Crown

Won’t go to hang out at the Preakness
I’d rather watch Affirmed/Alydar throw down
Or Whirlaway just cruising around
Midway through an old Triple Crown

Call me a relic, call me what you will
I like how Gallant Fox just destroyed Swinfield
Today’s Belmont don’t draw the same crowd
As an old time Triple Crown

Still like that old time Triple Crown
Secretariat brought the house down
And Seattle Slew had them all cowed
In that old time Triple Crown

[Indulto]

... Now that you can do it, lets get in the gate now
Come on baby, do the Graham Motion
Get in a good position because you can rate now
Come on baby, do the Graham Motion ...

... Dullahan is gonna find out what's going on
when his jockey falls asleep i will be up and gone
you should have legged up Castanon !
I am Bodemeister ...

... Still like that old time Triple Crown
Give me more Omaha and less Big Brown
Or Citation racing ‘gainst Coaltown
For that old time Triple Crown ...

Twinspired! :ThmbUp:

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Twinspired! :ThmbUp:

Oh great, now we'll have the lawyers at CDI hunting us down. :eek:

[Indulto]

Oh great, now we'll have the lawyers at CDI hunting us down. :eek:That would inspire re-lyricism exceeding that of the boycott.:jump:

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As a break this year's entrants here's a sneak peak at a song from the new album by Bob Baffert and his Sons of the Pioneerof The Nile.


Here comes ol’ Calvin on the Rail
(to the tune of Tiger by the Tail)

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(chorus)Here comes ol’ Calvin on the rail it’s plain to see
That my horse won’t be winning this Derby
Well, he’s losing ground and with that my hopes fail
Brought down by that Calvin on the rail
Well, I liked how the race started led by Join in the Dance
Everything was going as I planned
Seeing my horse lead an eighth out, my heart did sail
But I didn’t see that ol’ Calvin on the rail

(chorus)

Well, Mine that Bird was rolling, really covering ground
There was no way to slow him down
I felt about as helpless as a leaf in a gale
And it’s all because of Calvin on the rail

(chorus)

[ZephyrHawk]

Just take those A-R-Ms off the shelf
I’ll sit and browse through them by myself
Today’s runners are bringing me down
I like that old time Triple Crown

You just made my morninng! :D