The Race Is On (v3)

(Don Rollins)

George Jones & Travis Tritt



Lord, 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

Lord, I may break right down and bawl.



Chorus:

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 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.



--- Instrumental ---



One day I ventured in love, never once suspectin'

What the final results would be

How I lived in fear of waking up each mornin'

And finding that you're gone from me

'Cause 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 wound up in second place.



Chorus:

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 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...