The Race Is On - Jack Jones

The Race Is On
Written by: Don Rollins


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

Now the race is on and here comes pride up the backstretch
Heartaches are goin' to the inside
My tears are holdin' back
They're 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 heartaches
And the winner loses all

One day I ventured in love, never once suspectin'
What the final results would be
How I lived in fear of wakin' up each mornin'
And find that you're gone from me
There's ache and pain in my heart
For the name of the one that I'll never replaced
Somebody new came up to win her
And I came out in second place

Singers:
1. Jimmie Gray 1963 (recording date) 2. George Jones August 1964 3. Waylon Jennings October 24, 1964 4. The Chipmunks 1965 5. Jack Jones (billboard adult contemporary) 1965 6. Jody Miller April 1965 7. Kitty Wells June 1965 8. Loretta Lynn June 14, 1965 9. Johnny Tillotson July 1965 10. Del Reeves August 1965 11. Ferlin Husky December 1965 12. Peter and Gordon 1966 13. Johnny Farago 1967 14. Conway Twitty January 1976 15. Grateful Dead April 1981 16. Dave Edmunds April 20, 1981 17. The Georgia Satellites 1985 18. Faron Young 1987 19. Sawyer Brown 1989 20. Frantic Flintstones 1990 21. George Jones & Travis Tritt October 11, 1994 22. Johnny Paycheck 1996 23. The Great Western Squares 1997 24. Blast Off 2000 25. Andy & The Rockits 2003 26. Heartbeats [3] 2003 27. Merle Haggard October 24, 2006 28. Georgette Jones 2010 29. Don Rich January 22, 2013

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