George Jones ~ 'The Race Is On'

Video: Live from Austin City Limits 1990
This song is on "I Get Lonely In A Hurry" album from 1965
Låtskrivere: Don Rollins
Label : United Artists Records ‎
Video: Live from Austin City Limits 1990

Bobby Birkhead on Drums
Ron Gaddis on Bass
Tom Killen on Steel
Kent Goodson on Piano
Vance Davenport on Fiddle
Steve Hinson Lead Guitar

The Race Is On" is a song written by Don Rollins and made a hit on the country music charts by George Jones and on the pop and easy listening charts by the unrelated Jack Jones.
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[GuriMalla]

Lyrics:
I feel tears wellin' up cold and deep inside
Like my heart's sprung a big leak
And a stab of loneliness sharp and painful
That I may never shake
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 in sorrow
When I may lay right down and bawl
Now the race is on
And here comes pride in the backstretch
Heartaches goin' to the inside
My tears are holdin' back, they're tryin' not to fall
My hearts 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'd ventured in love
Never once suspectin' what the final result would be
And how I lived in fear of waking up each morning
Thinking that you 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
Well the race is on
And here comes pride in the backstretch
Heartaches goin' to the inside
My tears are holdin' back, they're tryin' not to fall
My hearts 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

[LawrenceMclaughlan-oo]

My favourite George jones sing ever old mate with guitar sounds unreal this is country music

[GaryCarver-gi]

George Jones song the race is on is a really good song

[lorimartin]

GEORGE JONES WAS THE KING OF COUNTY MUSIC. AWESOME SONG

[brandenblackwell]

That little harmony between the electric guitar and steel guitar toward the end of the solo section is just awesome! I’ve never heard that done on any other version.

[teresamay]

I love this song its country to its core i go from tapping my foot to dancin in my livingroom hell yeah 💯💯

[codym]

George Jones opened his 1990 Austin City Limits Season 15 premiere episode, with "The Race Is On".

[primroseharan]

Fantastic song from the magical George thank you rip

[oliesplace]

Saw this great performer live, what a great show. So glad I was lucky enough to be there 🥰

[loisdargan]

Thankyou for the video of this awesome performer, when I get a youtube video sent through to my phone of my favourite George Jones, it makes my day a better one.