(Don Rollins)

Well, I feel tears wellin' up cold and deep inside
Like my heart's sprung a big break
And a stab of loneliness, sharp and painful, that I may never shake
And you might say that I was taking it hard, oh, she wrote me off with a call
But don't you wager that I'll hide the sorrow
When I may break right down and bawl.

Now the race is on and here comes pride up the backstretch
Heartaches are 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.

--- Instrumental ---

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 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 her and I came out in second place.

Now the race is on and here comes pride up the backstretch
Heartaches are 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...