Well 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
Now you might say that I was takin` it hard that he 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 holdin` back they`re tryin` not to fall
My heart`s out of the runnin` true love scratched for another`s sake
The race is on and it looks like heartaches and the winner loses all
[ guitar - steel ]
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 findin` 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 him and I came out in second place
Now the race is on...