The Race Is on

The Race is On

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I feel tears welling up from down deep inside,

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Like my heart's got a big break

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And a stab of loneliness sharp and painful

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That I may never shake.

G

You might think that I'm taking it hard

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Since you broke me off with a call,

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You might wager that I'll hide in sorrow

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And I might lay right down and bawl.

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Now the race is on and here comes pride up the back stretch,

C

Heartaches a goin' to the inside,

G

My tears are holding back,

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Tryin' not to fall.

G

My heart's out of the running,

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True love scratched for another's sake,

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The race is on and it looks like heartaches,

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Where the winner loses all.

One day I ventured in love never once suspecting

What the final result would be.

Now I live in fear of waking up each morning,

And finding that you're gone from me.

There's an aching pain in my heart for the name

Of the one that I hated to face,

Someone else came out to win her,

And I came out in second place.