The Race Is On-George Jones

[ti:The Race Is On] [ar:George Jones] [al:George Jones Greatest Hits] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.46]I feel tears wellin' up cold and deep inside [00:03.44]Like my heart's sprung a big break [00:05.12] [00:06.18]And the stab of loneliness sharp and painful [00:08.90]That I may never shake [00:10.89] [00:11.92]You might say I was taking it hard [00:14.00]Oh she wrote me off with a call [00:16.20] [00:16.85]But don't you wager that I'll hide the sorrow [00:19.53]When I may break right down and bawl [00:21.75] [00:23.00]Well the race is on [00:24.43]And here comes pride up the backstretch [00:27.31]Heartaches a-going to the inside [00:29.98]My tears are holding back [00:31.85] [00:32.65]And tryin' not to fall [00:34.37] [00:35.16]My heart's out of the running [00:37.03]True love's scratched for another's sake [00:39.86]The race is on and it looks like heartaches [00:41.91] [00:42.83]And the winner loses all [00:45.36] [01:09.72]One day I ventured in love [01:11.49]Never once suspectin' [01:13.04]What the final results would be [01:14.87] [01:15.88]How I lived in fear of waking up each mornin' [01:18.66]And finding that you're gone from me [01:20.23] [01:21.41]There's aches and pain in my heart [01:23.07]For today was the one that I hated to face [01:25.85] [01:26.44]Somebody new came up to win her [01:29.14]I wound up in second place [01:31.32] [01:32.39]Well the race is on and here comes pride [01:35.59]Up the backstretch [01:36.84]Heartaches a-going to the inside [01:39.67]My tears are holding back [01:41.93]And tryin' not to fall [01:43.42] [01:44.90]My heart's out of the running [01:46.66]True love's scratched for another's sake [01:48.99] [01:49.59]The race is on and it looks like heartaches [01:51.70] [01:52.55]And the winner loses all [01:54.99] [01:56.47]The Race Is On - George Jones