The Race Is On

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I FEEL TEARS WELLIN UP COLD AND DEEP
 INSIDE, LIKE MY HEARTS SPRUNG A BIG
 BREAK
AND A STAB OF LONELINESS SHARP AND 
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PAINFUL, THAT I MAY NEVER SHAKE
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YOU MIGHT SAY THAT I WAS TAKING IT 
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HARD, OH, SHE WROTE ME OFF WITH A 
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CALL
BUT DON'T YOU WAGGER THAT I'LL HIDE 
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THE SORROW, WHEN I MAY BREAK RIGHT 
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DOWN AND BAWL


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WELL, THE RACE IS ON AND HERE COMES 
PRIDE UP THE BACKSTRETCH, HEARTACHES
 ARE GOING TO THE INSIDE
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MY TEARS ARE HOLDING BACK, THEY'RE 
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TRYIN NOT TO FALL
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MY HEARTS OUT OF THE RUNNING, TRUE
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 LOVE'S SCRATCHED FOR ANOTHERS SAKE
THE RACE IS ON AND IT LOOKS LIKE 
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HEARTACHES, AND THE WINNER LOSES ALL



ONE DAY I VENTURED IN LOVE, NEVER 
ONCE SUSPECTIN, WHAT THE FINAL 
RESULT WOULD BE
HOW I LIVED IN FEAR WAKING UP EACH 
MORNING, AND THINKING YOU WERE 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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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 
      E
TRYIN NOT TO FALL
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MY HEARTS OUT OF THE RUNNING, TRUE
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 LOVE'S SCRATCHED FOR ANOTHERS SAKE
THE RACE IS ON AND IT LOOKS LIKE 
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HEARTACHES, AND THE WINNER LOSES ALL