Lyrics: race is on

THE RACE IS ON

George Jones

Written by Don Rollins

NC I feel tears wellin' up cold and deep inside

Like my D heart's sprung a big A break

And a stab of loneliness sharp and painful

E That I may never shake

You might A say that I was taking it hard

Oh, she D wrote me off with a A call

But don't you wager that I'll hide the sorrow

When I may E break right down and A bawl?

NC Well, the race is A on and here comes Pride up the backstretch

D Heartaches are going to the in-A side

My Tears are holding back

They're tryin' E not to fall

A My Heart's out of the running

True Love's D scratched for another's A sake

The race is on and it looks like Heartaches

And the E winner loses A all.

One day I ventured in love, never once suspectin'

What the final result would be

How I lived in fear of waking up each morning

And thinkin' that you're gone from me

There's ache and pain in my heart

For today was the one that I hated to face

Somebody new came up to win her

I came out in second place.

From: "Nancy Wood"