I feel tears wellin' up cold and deep inside
Like my heart's sprung a big break
And the stab of loneliness sharp and painful
That I may never shake

You might say, I was taking it hard
Oh, when she wrote me off with a call
But don't you wager that will hide the sorrow
When I may break right down and bawl

Oh well, the race is on
And here comes pride at the backstretch
Heartaches are goin' to the inside
My tears are holdin' back, they're tryin' not to fall

My hearts out of the runnin'
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'd ventured in love
Never once suspectin' what the final results would be
How I lived in fear of waking up each morning
Finding that you're gone from me

There's ache and pain in my heart
For today was the one I hated to face
Somebody new came up to win her
I wound up in second place

Oh well, the race is on
And here comes pride at the backstretch
Heartaches are goin' to the inside
My tears are holdin' back, they're tryin' not to fall

My hearts out of the runnin'
True love's scratched for another's sake
The race is on and it looks like heartaches
And the winner loses all