The Race Is On

I feel tears wellin' up going deep inside Like my heart's gonna get broke And the stab of loneliness sharp and painful That I may never shake You might say that I was takin' it hard Since you broke me off with a call But don't you wager that I'll hide my sorrow When i may break right down and bawl Now the race is on And here comes pride up the backstretch Heartaches going to the inside My tears are holding back They're 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 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 Finding that she's gone from me There's aching pain in my heart For the name of the one That I had to replace Somebody new came up to win her And I came out in second place Now the race is on And here comes pride up the backstretch Heartaches going to the inside My tears are holding back They're 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 --- The Race Is On - Dave Edmunds