threw my hat into the ring

[dash_zero]

is there a track that features the phrase 'threw my hat into the ring'?

[dr pop]

There`s a song called Dumb Things that does so.

[dr pop]

Here are the lyrics to Dumb Things


Welcome, strangers, to the show
I'm the one who should be lying low
Saw the knives out, turned my back
Heard the train coming, stayed out on the track
In the middle, in the middle, in the middle of a dream
I lost my shirt, I pawned my rings
I've done all the dumb things

Caught the fever, heard the tune
Thought I loved her, hung my heart on the moon
Started howling, made no sense
Thought my friends would rush to my defence
In the middle, in the middle, in the middle of a dream
I lost my shirt, I pawned my rings
I've done all the dumb things

And I get all your good advice
It doesn't stop me from going through these things twice
I see the knives out, I turn my back
I hear the train coming, I stay right on that track
In the middle, in the middle, in the middle of a dream
I lost my shirt, I pawned my rings
I've done all the dumb things
I melted wax to fix my wings
I've done all the dumb things
I threw my hat into the ring
I've done all the dumb things
I thought that I just had to sing
I've done all the dumb things

[scoobysoo]

Is that an Australian song? Years ago, I remember it always being played on Neighbours and Home and Away, and was also in the film "Young Einstein"

[dr pop]

Scoobysoo - yes .The artist who made Dumb Things was called Paul Kelly and for a time was signed to Mushroom records in Australia.Mushroom records are the company that seemed to provide most of the songs in both Neighbours and Home and Away. It is also as you quite rightly say featured in Young Einstein

[dash_zero]

great, just what i'was after