Original Broadway Cast, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Stephen Glavin, Jerome Dempsey , George Rose - Off to the Races lyrics

Quick conclusions often lead the
Best of us astray
The wisest move in life is just to wait
Otherwise, your galloping emotions run away

Like horses at the gate
Off to the races, off to the races
Off to the races we go!
But where the chase is and what the pace is
We seldom seem to know

Men with broken hearts have
Vowed to nevermore pursue
A member of the soft and savoured face
Firmly anchored to the ground
They suddenly will view

A fair and favored face
Off to the races, off to the races
Where flirting faces call!
His saving grace is strong drink replaces
The need for love at all

Don't fall back on your assumptions -
Hasty presumptions might do you in!
Mind the track! Like a nag running blind
Try lagging behind: You'll find you'll win

Bless our Queen Victoria
She's had nine kids to date
You wonder how Prince Albert got enthused!
Probably by her decree he had to procreate:
Said she, "Make me amused!"

Off to the races, the royal races
The same as poor folk do!
When she embraces her royal graces
The same she wants as you

And the race is won by the tardy Not
The fool hardy fools that we be!
Don't unlace your madcap abandon
Do and you'll land undone not me!

So we call upon you all to hold your
Horse's reins
Before you solve this dickens of a crime!
Sometimes having patience is as
Good as having brains
So take your bloody time!
Pour out the spirit's, the end is near
It's only a length or so:
Don't begin to beat your tar off for the
Finish isn't far off to the races!
Off to the race we gotally-ho!