The Race Is On

I feel tears welling up cold and deep inside Like my heart's sprung a big break The stab of loneliness, sharp and painful I might never shake I guess you could say I've been taking it hard Since she wrote me off with a call Don't you wager that I'll hide my sorrows When I may break right down and bawl So the race is on Here comes pride up the backstretch Heartaches taking to the inside My tears are holding back And tryin' 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 thinking What the final results would be Then I lived in fear of waking up each morning And you'd be gone from me There's an ache and pain in my heart For today was the one that I hated to face Somebody new came up to win her And I came out in second place So the race is on, here comes pride Up the backstretch Heartaches taking to the inside My tears are holding back But 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