The Race Is On Lyrics

The Race Is On lyrics

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"