Off to the Races - Brian Tyler

My old man is a bad man, but I can't deny the way he holds my hand And he grabs me, he has me by my heart He doesn't mind I have a Las Vegas past He doesn't mind I have a L.A. crass way about me He loves me, with every beat of his cocaine heart Swimmin' pool glimmerin', darling White bikini off with my red nail polish Watch me in the swimmin' pool, bright blue ripples You sittin', sippin' on your Black Cristal, oh, yeah Light of my life, fire of my loins Be a good baby, do what I want Light of my life, fire of my loins Gimme them gold coins, gimme them coins And I'm off to the races, cases of Bacardi chasers Chasin' me all over town 'Cause he knows I'm wasted, facin' time again at Rikers Island And I won't get out Because I'm crazy, baby I need you to come here and save me I'm your little scarlet, starlet, singin' in the garden Kiss me on my open mouth Ready for you My old man is a tough man, but He got a soul as sweet as blood-red jam And he shows me, he knows me Every inch of my tar-black soul He doesn't mind I have a flat broke-down life In fact, he says he thinks it's what he might like about me Admires me, the way I roll like a rolling stone Likes to watch me in the glass room, bathroom, Château Marmont Slippin' on my red dress, puttin' on my makeup Glass room, perfume, cognac, lilac fumes Says it feels like heaven to him Light of his life, fire of his loins Keep me forever, tell me you own me Light of your life, fire of your loins Tell me you own me, gimme them coins And I'm off to the races, cases of Bacardi chasers Chasin' me all over town 'Cause he knows I'm wasted, facin' time again at Rikers Island And I won't get out Because I'm crazy, baby I need you to come here and save me I'm your little scarlet, starlet, singin' in the garden Kiss me on my open mouth Yo, I'm off to the races, laces Leather on my waist is tight, and I am fallin' down I can see your face, is shameless, Cipriani's Basement Love you, but I'm goin' down God, I'm so crazy, baby I'm sorry that I'm misbehaving I'm your little harlot, starlet, Queen of Coney Island Raisin' hell all over town Sorry 'bout it My old man is a thief, and I'm gonna stay and pray with him 'til the end But I trust in the decision of the Lord, to watch over us Take him when He may, if He may I'm not afraid to say that I'd die without him Who else is gonna put up with me this way? I need you, I breathe you, I'll never leave you! They would rue the day I was alone, without you You're lyin' with your gold chain on Cigar hangin' from your lips, I said, "Hon'" "You never looked so beautiful as you do now, my man" And we're off to the races, places Ready, set, the gate is down and now we're goin' in To Las Vegas, chaos, Casino Oasis Honey, it is time to spin Boy, you're so crazy, baby I love you forever, not maybe You are my one true love You are my one true love You are my one true love

Hello, what is going on? something strange Where do I go? it's coming 'round to meet me Gone around the world two times to find something to save me here But these days, it seems I'm of a different kind It may not be safe but can't hide from what will come And I may not be sane but I'm going out there It may not be made for me Lord knows what I will dare to find But these days you can't run from the races I said who told you could get a piece of my heart Cuz' you see I'm no runaway So go ahead, I'm gonna give you a head start I said who told you could get a piece of my heart Cuz' you see I'm no runaway So go ahead, I'm gonna give you a head start Hello, I've come a long way to find this place And what it's come to, build it all on body not faith Say it'll be that tie you break when the hallowed spark will find you So if I wanna steep up the dream gotta take my place out on the line It may not be safe but can't hide from what will come And it may not be sane but I'm going out there It may not be made for me Lord knows what I will dare to find But these days you can't run from the races I said who told you could get a piece of my heart Cuz' you see I'm no runaway So go ahead, I'm gonna give you a head start I said who told you could get a piece of my heart Cuz' you see I'm no runaway So go ahead, I'm gonna give you a head start Steady don't ease up get in my game Can you see me now lookin' both ways All night dreamin I'd taken the race Headin' out, do you not see in my face I'm not playin' I'm 'a push it all day Head down, feet forward edge of my faith Steady don't ease up get in my game Can you see me now lookin' both ways All night dreamin I'd taken the race

And she runs through her days With a smile on her face And she runs, and she waits And I wait We can drive to anyplace Day and night to cross the state, And in the morning, into Mexico We will wake up Mmmm, we will wake up, We will, yeah I will be with her yeah Yeah I find a window in the kitchen, and I let myself in Rummage through the refrigerator, find myself a beer I can't believe I'm really here, and she's lying in that bed I can almost feel her touch, and her anxious breath I stumble in the hallway, outside her bedroom door I hear her call out to me, I hear the fear in her voice She pulls her covers tighter, I press against the door I will be with her tonight yeah I will be with her tonight I will be with her tonight yeah I will be with her tonight I will be with her yeah I will be with her yeah

Round' here lately it's been rough Too much heartbreak not enough love I've been doubtin' if I'll ever find myself again And I worry I won't ever be enough Oooh I've been searching for the truth And then I tell myself Whatever don't kill makes you tough Can't tap out when the times gets rough I know it ain't easy but the only way that we get stronger Is get a little burnt yeah take a little fall Hurts like hell when you're goin' through it all Get knocked down but we get back up Whatever don't kill you makes you tough tough Whatever don't kill you makes you tough tough Aw yeah I've been beat up black and blue I've been broke a time or two I've had nothing left to lose But then my faith pulled me through No more searching for the truth And now I tell myself Whatever don't kill you makes you tough Can't tap out when the times gets rough I know it ain't easy but the only way that we get stronger Is get a little burnt yeah take a little fall Hurts like hell when you're goin' through it all Get knocked down but we get back up Whatever don't kill you makes you tough tough Whatever don't kill you makes you tough tough We fall down we get up It's how we do it where we from We got us we got love We tough We fall down we get up It's how we do it where we from We got us we got love We tough Whatever don't kill you makes you tough Can't tap out when the times gets rough I know it ain't easy but the only way that we get stronger Is get a little burnt yeah take a little fall Hurts like hell when you're goin' through it all Get knocked down but we get back up Whatever don't kill you makes you tough tough Whatever don't kill you makes you tough tough We tough we tough

In a small corner bar he sits there a'drinkin' Lost as a ball in a field full of corn Further away than he ever imagined That he'd ever end up from the place he was born Now no more forlorn has a Creeker drank whiskey Than the one that you see out the side of your eye Drinkin' alone as he looks out the window At all of the strangers on the corner outside And he'd rather be dead than alive one more minute In this Godforsaken town When he was a kid, Lord he'd never a'dreamt it All the ways that the city can bring a country boy down Now they knew not his name and he knew not their faces And he knew not the how nor the reason for why You could ever wake up and wanna keep on a'livin' In a place where a friend was such a hard thing to find And for e'ryone ya meet there's a whole mess of people Tryin' like hell to pull you on down To the level they're on and the trouble they're tendin' In the mess that they've made in the gutter they found And he'd rather be dead than alive one more minute In this Godforsaken town When he was a kid, Lord he'd never a'dreamt it All the ways that the city can bring a country boy down Some fellas do drugs and things of that nature Some fellas chase girls to hang on their arm Some fellas get by on practically nothin' Some fellas get pissed in a small corner bar And they'd rather be dead than alive one more minute In this Godforsaken town When they were all kids, Lord they'd never a'dreamt it All the ways that the city can bring a country boy down