The Race Is On

I feel tears welling up going deep inside
Like my heart's gonna just break
And the stab of loneliness is sharp and painful
That I may never shake
You might say that I was taking it hard
Since you wrote me off for the cause
But don't you wager that I'll hide my sorrow
When I may break right down and fall

Now the race is on and here comes pride up the back stretch
Heartaches are going to the inside
My tears are holding back and trying not to fall
My heart's out of the running
True love's scratched for another's sake
The race is on and it looks like heartaches
And the winner loses all

One day I ventured in love never once suspecting
What the final results would be
Now I live in fear of waking up each morning
And find you're gone from me
The ache, the pain in my heart for the day
Was the one that I hated to face
Somebody new came up to win her
And I came out in second place

Now the race is on and here comes pride up the back stretch
Heartaches are going to the inside
My tears are holding back and trying not to fall
My heart's out of the running
True love's scratched for another's sake
The race is on and it looks like heartaches
And the winner loses all