The Race Is On-George Jones

[ti:The Race Is On] [ar:George Jones] [al:George Jones-50 Years Of Hits] [by:] [offset:0] [00:02.40]I feel tears wellin' up cold and deep inside [00:06.38]Like my heart's sprung a big break [00:08.26]And the stab of loneliness sharp and painful [00:11.13]That I may never shake [00:14.31]You might say I was taking it hard [00:16.61]Oh she wrote me off with a call [00:19.29]But don't you wager that I'll hide the sorrow [00:21.97]When I may break right down and bawl [00:25.86]Well the race is on [00:27.29]And here comes pride up the backstretch [00:29.42]Heartaches a-going to the inside [00:32.70]My tears are holding back [00:35.35]And tryin' not to fall [00:38.18]My heart's out of the running [00:40.24]True love's scratched for another's sake [00:42.98]The race is on and it looks like heartaches [00:46.12]And the winner loses all [00:47.61]One day I ventured in love never once suspectin' [01:17.41]What the final results would be [01:19.99]How I lived in fear of waking up each mornin' [01:22.81]And finding that you're gone from me [01:25.64]There's aches and pain in my heart [01:27.71]For today was the one that I hated to face [01:30.97]Somebody new came up to win her [01:33.72]I wound up in second place [01:37.34]Well the race is on and here comes pride [01:40.89]Up the backstretch [01:41.89]Heartaches a-going to the inside [01:44.20]My tears are holding back [01:46.96]And tryin' not to fall [01:49.78]My heart's out of the running [01:51.86]True love's scratched for another's sake [01:54.68]The race is on and it looks like heartaches [01:57.85]And the winner loses all