Golden Gate Fields

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This is not church hill downs this is not holly wood park
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when the fields right open I'll pick the horse whos got the biggest heart

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let 'em run let em 'ride let 'em go on down the track
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let 'em win place and show lets say one dollar exact
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six furlongs four phillys and three mares three years and up

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who measures up, well I wish you luck, a little brings us up, well I wish you luck

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this is not church hill downs this is not holly wood park
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when the fields right open I'll pick the horse whos got the biggest heart

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well they rush the windows and play odds on the fave
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but the starter 2nd deuce starts a bit of give and take and the
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race is a puzzler when they open the outside

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and its a hit and run as they, they look back and uh you cant count on

 that and uh that's a fact and the old men from El Cerrito who talk about

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 their picks and they talk about all the wins of  Laffit the god

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This is not church hill downs this is not holly wood park
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when the fields right open I'll pick the horse whos got the biggest heart

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Every time I go back to the East Bay I run into big L
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awh but my old friend big L no hes not doing so well
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me and big L grew up across the freeway from the track,    yes rest
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and then he made many, many days around the track
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I see big L come rollin up the street
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on his little sisters pink ten speed
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he said Tim Tim dont you remember me
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awh, way back in nineteen seventy three
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every time I see him he has to remind me
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like I would ever forget big L

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and then      then hes gone
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like a flash
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then hes gone
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like a flash
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yeah like a flash
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yeah

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ok this is rancid signing out for now
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until next time well see you guys later

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