The Race Is On

Lord, I feel tears wellin' up going and deep inside
Like my heart's sprung a big break
And a stab of loneliness, sharp and painful
That I may never shake
You might say that I was taking it hard
When you wrote me off with a call
But don't you wager that I'll hide in sorrow
Lord, I may lay right down and bawl

Now the race is on
And here comes pride up the backstretch
Heartaches are going to the inside
My tears are holding back
They're trying not to fall
My heart's out of the running
True love's scratched for another's sake
The race is on and it looks like heartaches
And the winner loses all

One day I ventured in love
Never once suspecting what the final result would be
How I lived in fear of waking up each morning
Thinking that you're gone from me
There's ache and pain in my heart
For today, the one that I hated to face
Somebody new came up to win her
I went up being the second place

I say the race is on
And here comes pride up the backstretch
Heartaches are going to the inside
My tears are holding back
They're trying not to fall
My heart's out of the running
True love's scratched for another's sake
The race is on and it looks like heartaches
And the winner loses all

And the race is on and it looks like heartaches
And the winner loses all