The Race Is On

Song The Race Is On
Artist George Jones
Album 50 Years of Hits

Lyrics

[00:00.31] I feel tears wellin' up cold and deep inside
[00:04.80] Like my heart's sprung a big break
[00:06.93] And the stab of loneliness, sharp and painful
[00:10.40] That I may never shake
[00:12.68] Now you might say that I was taking it hard
[00:15.30] Since you wrote me off with a call
[00:17.93] But don't you wager that I'll hide the sorrow
[00:20.69] When I may break right down and bawl
[00:24.45] Now the race is on and here comes pride up the backstretch
[00:28.28] Heartaches are going to the inside
[00:31.40] My tears are holding back
[00:34.36] They're trying not to fall
[00:36.63] My heart's out of the running
[00:38.86] True love's scratched for another's sake
[00:41.52] The race is on and it looks like heartaches
[00:44.90] And the winner loses all
[01:12.16] One day I had ventured in love, never once suspecting
[01:15.93] What the final results would be
[01:18.66] How I lived in fear of waking up each morning
[01:21.49] And finding that you'd gone from me
[01:24.25] There's aching and pain in my heart
[01:26.37] For the day was the one that I hated to face
[01:29.40] Somebody new came up to win her
[01:32.90] And I came out in second place
[01:35.89] Now the race is on and here comes pride up the backstretch
[01:40.30] Heartaches are going to the inside
[01:42.88] My tears are holding back
[01:45.66] They're trying not to fall
[01:48.13] My heart's out of the running
[01:50.97] True love's scratched for another's sake
[01:53.18] The race is on and it looks like heartaches
[01:56.25] And the winner loses all