The Race Is On

I feel tears welling up cold and deep inside Like my heart's got a big break And a stab of loneliness sharp and painful That I may never shake You might think I'm taking it hard Since she broke me off with a call But don't wager that I'll hide the sorrow I may break right down and bawl Now the race is on and here comes pride up the back stretch Heartaches are going to the inside My tears are holding back, 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 forgetting 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 --- The Race Is On - Grateful Dead