The Race Is On-George Jones

[ti:The Race Is On] [ar:George Jones] [al:All-Time Greatest Hits Vol. 1] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.52]I feel tears wellin' up cold and deep inside [00:03.74]Like my heart's sprung a big break [00:06.78]And the stab of loneliness sharp and painful [00:09.71]That I may never shake [00:13.16]You might say I was taking it hard [00:15.83]Oh she wrote me off with a call [00:18.70]But don't you wager that I'll hide the sorrow [00:21.38]When I may break right down and bawl [00:25.38]Well the race is on [00:27.62]And here comes pride up the backstretch [00:29.60]Heartaches a-going to the inside [00:33.36]My tears are holding back [00:35.82]And tryin' not to fall [00:39.35]My heart's out of the running [00:41.74]True love's scratched for another's sake [00:44.29]The race is on and it looks like heartaches [00:47.60]And the winner loses all [01:17.85]One day I ventured in love never once suspectin' [01:21.66]What the final results would be [01:24.54]How I lived in fear of waking up each mornin' [01:27.97]And finding that you're gone from me [01:30.88]There's aches and pain in my heart [01:32.94]For today was the one that I hated to face [01:36.43]Somebody new came up to win her [01:39.06]I wound up in second place [01:43.43]Well the race is on and here comes pride [01:46.68]Up the backstretch [01:47.24]Heartaches a-going to the inside [01:51.03]My tears are holding back [01:53.37]And tryin' not to fall [01:56.76]My heart's out of the running [01:59.09]True love's scratched for another's sake [02:02.03]The race is on and it looks like heartaches [02:05.51]And the winner loses all