The Race Is On-Don Rich

[ti:The Race Is On] [ar:Don Rich] [al:Don Rich Sings George Jones] [offset:0] [00:00.66]I feel tears welling up cold and deep inside [00:04.03]Like my heart's sprung a big break [00:06.11] [00:07.09]And the stab of loneliness sharp and painful [00:10.45]That I may never shake [00:12.10] [00:13.78]You might say I was taking it hard [00:16.26]Oh she wrote me off with a call [00:18.10] [00:19.49]But don't you wager that I'll hide the sorrow [00:21.47] [00:22.47]When I may break right down and bawl [00:24.52] [00:26.56]Well the race is on [00:27.81]And here comes pride up the backstretch [00:30.21] [00:30.97]Heartaches a going to the inside [00:33.24] [00:34.11]My tears are holding back [00:35.90] [00:36.88]And trying not to fall [00:38.33] [00:40.14]My heart's out of the running [00:42.16]True love's scratched for another's sake [00:44.50] [00:45.43]The race is on and it looks like heartaches [00:48.02] [00:48.82]And the winner loses all [00:50.90] [01:06.85]One day I ventured in love never once suspecting [01:10.78]What the final results would be [01:12.43] [01:13.68]How I lived in fear of waking up each morning [01:16.41] [01:16.97]And finding that you're gone from me [01:18.47] [01:19.90]There's aches and pain in my heart [01:21.91]For today was the one that I hated to face [01:24.84] [01:25.90]Somebody new came up to win her [01:28.22] [01:29.02]I wound up in second place [01:31.20] [01:33.04]Now the race is on and here comes pride [01:35.98]Up the backstretch [01:36.65] [01:37.54]Heartaches a going to the inside [01:39.85] [01:40.62]My tears are holding back [01:42.73] [01:43.78]And tryin' not to fall [01:45.02] [01:46.70]My heart's out of the running [01:48.33] [01:49.03]True love's scratched for another's sake [01:51.21] [01:51.96]The race is on and it looks like heartaches [01:54.86] [01:55.47]And the winner loses all [01:57.57] [01:58.34]The Race Is On - Don Rich [01:59.74]