I feel tears wellin` up
Cold and deep inside
Like my heart`s got a big break

And a stab of lonliness
sharp and painful
That I may never shake
You might say that

I was takin` it hard
Since you wrote me off with a call
But don`t you wager that
I`ll hide the sorrow

When I break right down and bawl
Now the race is on
And here comes pride
up the backstretch

Heartaches are goin` to the inside
My tears are holdin` back
Tryin` not to fall
My heart`s out of the runnin`

True love`s scratched
for another`s sake
The race is on and it
looks like heartache

And the winner loses all
One day I ventured in love
Never once suspectin`
What the final result would be

Now I live in fear of
wakin` up each mornin`
And findin` 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

And I came out in second place
Now the race is on
And here comes pride
up the backstretch

Heartaches are goin` to the inside
My tears are holdin` back
Tryin` not to fall
My heart`s out of the runnin`

True love`s scratched
for another`s sake
The race is on and it
looks like heartache

And the winner loses all