The Race Is On

(album: Shame On Me - 1977)

I feel tears running up from deep inside
Like my heart's gonna break
And the stab of loneliness sharp and painful
That I may never shake
You might say that I was taking it hard
Since you gave me the final goodbye
But don't you wager that I'll hide my sorrow
I may break right down and cry

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 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 results would be
How I live in fear waking up each morning
To find you're gone from me
To sink in the pain in my heart full of name of the one that I'll never replace
Somebody new came up to win him
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 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