The Race Is On

I feel tears wellin' up cold 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

Oh, she wrote me off with a call

But don't you wager that I'll hide the sorrow

When I may break right down and bawl?

well, the race is on and here comes pride up the backstretch

heartaches are going to the in-side

My tears are holding back

They're tryin' 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 suspectin'

What the final result would be

How I lived in fear of waking up each morning

And thinkin' that you're gone from me

There's ache and pain in my heart

For today was the one that I hated to face

Somebody new came up to win her

I came out in second place.