I feel tears welling up cold
Deep inside like my heart's sprung a big break
And a stab of loneliness sharp as paper, all that I can take
You might have thought that
I'll be taking it hard since you broke it off with a call
But don't you wager, I'ma hide my sorrow
Might break right down and bawl

Now the race is on
And here comes pride up the back stretch
Heartaches cut through my inside
My tears are holding back, trying not to fall
My heart's out of the runnin'
Two loves scratching for another's sake
Now the race is on and it's looking like heartache
And the winner gonna lose it all

One day, I wagered in love
Never once suspecting what the final result would be
And I lived in fear waking up each morning
Finding that you're gone from me
There's an aching pain in my heart for the days
For the one that I hated to face
Somebody new came up to win her
And I ended up in second place

Now the race is on
And here comes pride up the back stretch
Heartaches cut through my inside
My tears are holding back, trying not to fall
My heart's out of the runnin'
Two loves scratching for another's sake

Now the race is on
And it's looking like heartache
And the winner gonna lose it all