The Race Is On - Jody Miller

I feel tears welling up from 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 taking it hard

Since she gave me the final doodbye

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

When I may break right down and cry

Now the race is on

And here comes pride up the backstretch

Heartache is going to the inside

My tears are holding back

They’re tryin' not to fall

My heart’s out of the running

True love 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

How I lived in fear of waking up each morning

And finding that you’re gone from me

'Cause there’s ache and pain in my heart

For today was the one that I hated to face

Somebody new came up to win him

And I came out in second place

Now the race is on…