The Race Is On-George Jones

[ti:The Race Is On] [ar:George Jones] [al:The Very Best Country Vol.4] [by:] [offset:0] [00:01.28]I feel tears welling up cold and deep inside [00:03.94]Like my heart's sprung a big break [00:05.77] [00:06.66]And the stab of loneliness sharp and painful [00:09.27]That I may never shake [00:11.65] [00:12.49]You might say I was taking it hard [00:14.73]Oh she wrote me off with a call [00:16.59] [00:17.27]But don't you wager that I'll hide the sorrow [00:19.69]When I may break right down and bawl [00:22.77] [00:23.71]Well the race is on [00:25.50]And here comes pride up the backstretch [00:27.17] [00:27.85]Heartaches a-going to the inside [00:29.93] [00:30.47]My tears are holding back [00:32.82]And trying not to fall [00:34.62] [00:35.85]My heart's out of the running [00:37.91]True love's scratched for another's sake [00:39.98] [00:40.49]The race is on and it looks like heartaches [00:43.09]And the winner loses all [00:45.66] [01:10.85]One day I ventured in love never once suspecting [01:13.94]What the final results would be [01:16.47] [01:17.05]How I lived in fear of waking up each morning [01:19.47]And finding that you're gone from me [01:21.79] [01:22.61]There's aches and pain in my heart [01:24.60]For today was the one that I hated to face [01:27.82]Somebody new came up to win her [01:30.49]I wound up in second place [01:32.55] [01:34.09]Well the race is on and here comes pride [01:36.28]Up the backstretch [01:36.89] [01:38.31]Heartaches a-going to the inside [01:41.22]My tears are holding back [01:42.66] [01:43.83]And trying not to fall [01:46.61]My heart's out of the running [01:48.45]True love's scratched for another's sake [01:50.51] [01:51.14]The race is on and it looks like heartaches [01:53.85]And the winner loses all [01:57.43]The Race Is On - George Jones