Album: Best Of

The Race Is On

Written by Don Rollins

Lord I feel tears wellin' up goin' deep inside
Like my heart's sprung a big break
And the stab of loneliness, sharp and painful
That I may never shake
You might say that I was taking it hard
When you wrote me off with a call
But don't you wager that I'll hide the sorrow
Lord I may break right down and bawl

Chorus:
Now the race is on and here comes pride
at the backstretch
Heartaches are going to the inside
My tears are holding back
And tryin' not to fall
Ya, My heart's out of the running
True love's scratched for another's sake
The race is on and it looks like heartache
And the winner loses all

Instrumental

One day I ventured in love, never once suspectin'
What the final result would be
How I lived in fear of waking up each mornin'
Thinking that you'd gone from me
There's achin' and pain in my heart
For the day, the one that I hated to face
Somebody new came up to win her
I wound out in second place

Chorus:
I said, the race is on, here comes pride
at the backstretch
Heartaches are going to the inside
My tears are holding back
They're tryin' not to fall
My heart's out of the running
True love's scratched for another's sake
The race is on, it looks like heartaches
And the winner loses all

Ya the race is on and it looks like heartaches
And the the winner loses all...