The Race Is On-George Jones

[ti:The Race Is On] [ar:George Jones] [al:Some Of The Best Live] [offset:0] [00:01.10]I feel tears wellin' up cold and deep inside [00:04.41]Like my heart's sprung a big break [00:07.47]And the stab of loneliness sharp and painful [00:10.52]That I may never shake [00:12.90]You might say I was taking it hard [00:15.33]Oh she wrote me off with a call [00:18.01]But don't you wager that I'll hide the sorrow [00:20.57]When I may break right down and bawl [00:24.13]Well the race is on [00:26.18]And here comes pride up the backstretch [00:28.06]Heartaches a-going to the inside [00:31.12]My tears are holding back [00:33.49]And tryin' not to fall [00:35.67] [00:36.23]My heart's out of the running [00:37.86]True love's scratched for another's sake [00:40.62]The race is on and it looks like heartaches [00:44.11]And the winner loses all [00:47.48] [01:09.73]One day I ventured in love never once suspectin [01:13.00]What the final results would be [01:15.75]How I lived in fear of waking up each mornin [01:18.87]And finding that you're gone from me [01:21.18]There's aches and pain in my heart [01:23.30]For today was the one that I hated to face [01:26.54]Somebody new came up to win her [01:28.79]I wound up in second place [01:31.99] [01:37.11]Well the race is on and here comes pride [01:39.25]Up the backstretch [01:40.62]Heartaches a-going to the inside [01:41.93]My tears are holding back [01:44.05]And tryin' not to fall [01:46.11] [01:46.79]My heart's out of the running [01:48.54]True love's scratched for another's sake [01:51.29]The race is on and it looks like heartaches [01:54.16]And the winner loses all