The Race Is On

I feel tears welling up cold and deep inside
Like my heart's sprung a big break
And it's damp alone and it's sharp and painful
That I may never shake
You might say that I was taking it hard
Since you wrote me off with a card
But don't you wager that I hide in sorrow
When I may lay right down and bawl

Now the race is on and here comes pride in the back stretch
Heartache's going to the inside
My tears are holding back, they're 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 heartache's
And the winner loses all

One day I ventured in love never once suspecting
What the final result would be
And how I lived in fear of waking up each morning
Finding that you're gone from me
The aching pain in my heart for today
Was one I'd 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 in the back stretch
Heartache's going to the inside
My tears are holding back, they're 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 heartache's
And the winner loses all

Now the race is on and here comes pride in the back stretch
Heartache's going to the inside
My tears are holding back, they're 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 heartache's
And the winner loses all
The winner loses all