Race Is On

(Don Rollins)

Ferlin Husky & Orlo & Marvis Thompson



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.



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 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 suspecting

What the final result would be

How I lived in fear of waking up each morning

And findin' 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

And I came out in second place.



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 scratched for another's sake

The race is on and it looks like heartaches

And the winner loses all...