The Race Is On Songtext
von Waylon Jennings

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