The Race Is On-Don Rich

[ti:The Race Is On] [ar:Don Rich] [al:Don Rich Sings George Jones] [offset:0] [00:00.62]I feel tears welling up cold and deep inside [00:03.90]Like my heart's sprung a big break [00:05.66] [00:06.80]And the stab of loneliness sharp and painful [00:09.68] [00:10.19]That I may never shake [00:12.24] [00:13.40]You might say I was taking it hard [00:15.43] [00:16.12]Oh she wrote me off with a call [00:17.93] [00:18.96]But don't you wager that I'll hide my sorrow [00:20.95] [00:22.02]When I may break right down and bawl [00:24.10] [00:25.86]Well the race is on [00:27.45]And here comes pride up the backstretch [00:29.50] [00:30.39]Heartaches a going to the inside [00:32.48] [00:33.38]My tears are holding back [00:35.10] [00:35.89]And trying not to fall [00:37.42] [00:39.12]My heart's out of the running [00:40.70] [00:41.35]True love's scratched for another's sake [00:43.41] [00:44.24]The race is on and it looks like heartaches [00:46.78] [00:47.52]And the winner loses all [00:49.53] [00:58.94]One day I ventured in love never once suspecting [01:02.86]What the final results would be [01:04.58] [01:05.97]How I lived in fear of waking up each morning [01:08.85]And finding that you're gone from me [01:10.65] [01:11.73]There's aches and pain in my heart [01:14.01]For today was the one that I hated to face [01:16.53] [01:17.56]Somebody new came up to win her [01:19.91] [01:20.63]I wound up in second place [01:22.88] [01:24.51]And the race is on and here comes pride [01:27.53]Up the backstretch [01:28.20] [01:29.12]Heartaches a going to the inside [01:31.17] [01:32.09]My tears are holding back [01:33.86] [01:34.62]And tryin' not to fall [01:36.01] [01:37.77]My heart's out of the running [01:39.29] [01:40.03]True love's scratched for another's sake [01:42.07] [01:42.68]The race is on and it looks like heartaches [01:45.52] [01:46.44]And the winner loses all [01:48.75]The Race Is On - Don Rich [01:50.17]