The Race Is On Lyrics - Merle Haggard

I feel tears wellin' up 

Cold and deep inside 

Like my heart's sprung a big break 

And a stab of loneliness sharp and painful 

That I may never shake 

You might say that I was takin' it hard 

Oh, she wrote me off with a call 

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

When I may break right down and bawl 

Well, the race is on 

And here comes pride up the backstretch 

Heartaches are goin' to the inside 

My tears are holdin' back 

They're tryin' not to fall 

My heart's out of the runnin' 

True love's scratched for another's sake 

The race is on and it looks like heartache 

And the winner loses all 

One day I ventured in love 

Never once suspectin' 

What the final result would be 

How I lived in fear of wakin' up each mornin' 

Findin' that you're gone from me 

There's ache and pain in my heart 

For today was the one I hated to face 

Somebody new came up to win her 

I wound up in second place 

Well, the race is on 

And here comes pride up the backstretch 

Heartaches are goin' to the inside 

My tears are holdin' back 

They're tryin' not to fall 

My heart's out of the runnin' 

True love's scratched for another's sake 

The race is on and it looks like heartache 

And the winner loses all