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Artist: Merle Haggard
Canonical path: /merle-haggard/race-is-on
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Race Is On
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Race Is On
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I feel tears welling up cold and deep inside
Like my heart's sprung a big break
And a stab of loneliness sharp and painful
That I may never shake
You might say that I was taking it hard
Oh she 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
Well 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 ventured in love never once suspecting
What the final result would be
How I lived in fear of waking up each morning
And thinking that you're gone from me
There's ache and pain in my heart
For today was the one that I hated to face
Somebody new came up to win her
I came out in second place
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