[Verse 1]
I feel tears welling up from down 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 that I'm taking it hard
Since she broke me off with a call
You might wager that I'll hide the sorrow
But I may break right down and bawl

[Chorus]
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 racе is on and it looks like heartaches
And thе winner loses all

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 2]
One day I ventured in love never once suspecting
What the final results 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
Somebody else came out to win her
And I came out in second place

[Chorus]
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

[Instrumental Break]

[Chorus]
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

[Outro]
And the race is on and it looks like heartaches
And the winner loses all