Monday, April 23, 2012

Sean, Puck, and the Race of Horses

I was listening to Belle and Sebastian's "Judy and the Dream of Horses" recently and naturally it reminded me of The Scorpio Races, which I enjoyed so much.  So I decided to write the following parody version:

Sean was a wild sea horse
One foot on land one foot on sea
Tired of running the course
He wanted Corr and he wanted freedom

Sean was a teenage orphan
His mother left when he was young
His father died in the races
The beach was red with all of his blood

Sean I don't know you
Are you going to gamble everything? 
Sean I don't know you
Are you going to gamble everything?

Sean rides a fast sea horse
He trained Corr to race by the shore
They grew up silently together
Racing and working and staying apart

Sean never felt so good
Except when he was racing
Sean never felt so good
Except when he was racing

Puck loves her horse and brothers
But her family keeps falling apart
Her parents dead her brother leaving
The Scorpio races are her last chance

Puck you're just trying
To find and keep the dream of family
And she risks her life
Training for the race of horses
Races of horses
Race of horses
Race of horses

The fast sea horses are taken
The land horses aren't up for the fight
So Puck, where does that leave you?
Training your horse on the cliff edge up high

With Sean running alongside
Quickening your pulse when you watch
With your own horse below you
Trying to keep up when you race

If you think that you can win you have to survive
Training for the race of horses
Training for the race of horses
Risk it training for the race of horses
Risk it training for the race of horses
You race your horses
You race your horses
You race your horses
You race your horses

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