The Race Is on George Jones Lyrics

The Race Is on George Jones Lyrics. George Jones released the song The Race Is On in 1964 which was recorded in 1963.  It is a song that subjects on comparing the protagonist’s love story with horse racing.

“The Race Is On” was part of an Album released by countryman musician George Jones. The Race Is On George Jones’s Lyrics are very simple to learn and sing along to. It is track 4 of the George Jones  1965 Album ” I Get Lonely In A Hurry”

The Race Is on George Jones Lyrics

“The Race Is On”

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
Now you might say that I was taking it hard
Since you wrote me off with a call
But don’t you wager that I’ll hide the sorrow
When I may break right down and bawl

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 had ventured in love, never once suspecting
What the final results would be
How I lived in fear of waking up each morning
And finding that you’d gone from me
There’s aching and pain in my heart
For the day was the one that 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 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