The Race Is On
Details
- Band
- The Grateful Dead
- Play count
- 84
- First played
- 1969-06-11 — California Hall
Lyrics
I feel tears welling up from down deep inside,
Like my heart's got a big break
And a stab of loneliness sharp and painful that I may never shake.
You might think that I'm taking it hard since you broke me off with a call,
You might wager that I'll hide in sorrow and I might lay right down and bawl.
Now the race is on and here comes pride up the back stretch,
Heartaches a goin' to the inside, my tears are holding back, tryin' not to fall.
My heart's out of the running, true love 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.
Now I live in fear of waking up each morning,
And finding that you're gone from me.
There's an aching pain in my heart for the name of the one that I hated to face,
Someone else came out to win her, and I came out in second place.
Links
Performances
| Date | Venue | Location | Set | # | Recording |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995-05-20 | Sam Boyd Stadium | Las Vegas, NV | Set 1: | 2 | — |
| 1995-05-20 | Sam Boyd Silver Bowl | Las Vegas, NV | Set 1 | 2 | |
| 1993-09-20 | Madison Square Garden | New York | Set 1: | 4 | |
| 1991-05-04 | Cal Expo Amphitheatre | Sacramento, California | Set 1: | 5 | |
| 1990-05-05 | California State University, Dominguez Hills | Carson, California | Set 1: | 2 | — |
| 1990-05-05 | Soccer Field / Cal State Dominguez Hills | Carson, California | Set 1 | 1 | |
| 1989-05-06 | Frost Amphitheater | Stanford, California | Set 1: | 4 | — |
| 1989-05-06 | Frost Amphitheatre / Stanford University | Stanford, California | Set 1 | 4 | |
| 1986-05-03 | Cal Expo Amphitheatre | Sacramento, California | Set 1: | 1 | |
| 1981-10-16 | Melkweg | Amsterdam, Netherlands | Set 1 (acoustic): | 6 | |
| 1981-05-22 | The Warfield | San Francisco, California | — | 2 | — |
| 1981-05-22 | Warfield Theatre | San Francisco, California | Set 1 | 1 | |
| 1980-12-31 | Oakland Civic Auditorium | Oakland, California | Set 1 (acoustic): | 8 | — |
| 1980-12-31 | Oakland Auditorium Arena | Oakland, California | Set 1 | 7 | |
| 1980-11-26 | Hollywood Sportatorium | Pembroke Pines | Set 1: | 8 | — |
| 1980-11-26 | Sportatorium | Hollywood, California | Set 1 | 8 | |
| 1980-10-29 | Radio City Music Hall | New York | Set I: Acoustic | 4 | |
| 1980-10-27 | Radio City Music Hall | New York | Set I: Acoustic | 1 | |
| 1980-10-25 | Radio City Music Hall | New York | Set 1 (acoustic): | 2 | |
| 1980-10-13 | The Warfield | San Francisco, California | Set 1 (acoustic): | 7 | — |
| 1980-10-13 | Warfield Theatre | San Francisco, California | Set 1 | 6 | |
| 1980-10-09 | The Warfield | San Francisco, California | Set I: Acoustic | 8 | — |
| 1980-10-09 | Warfield Theatre | San Francisco, California | Set 1 | 7 | |
| 1980-10-04 | The Warfield | San Francisco, California | Set 1: Acoustic | 2 | — |
| 1980-10-04 | Warfield Theatre | San Francisco, California | Set 1 | 1 | |
| 1980-10-02 | The Warfield | San Francisco, California | Set I: Acoustic | 3 | — |
| 1980-10-02 | Warfield Theatre | San Francisco, California | Set 1 | 2 | |
| 1980-09-27 | The Warfield | San Francisco, California | Set 1 (acoustic): | 2 | — |
| 1980-09-27 | Warfield Theatre | San Francisco, California | Set 1 | 1 | |
| 1974-10-19 | Winterland Arena | San Francisco, California | Set 2: | 14 | |
| 1974-09-21 | Palais des Sports | Paris, France | Set 1: | 7 | |
| 1974-09-18 | Parc des Expositions | Dijon, France | Set 1: | 9 | |
| 1974-06-26 | Providence Civic Center | Providence, RI | Set 1: | 8 | |
| 1974-06-22 | Miami Jai-Alai Fronton | Miami, FL | Set 1: | 10 | — |
| 1974-06-22 | Jai-Alai Fronton | Miami, FL | Set 1 | 10 | |
| 1974-06-16 | Iowa State Fairgrounds | Des Moines, IA | Set 2: | 14 | — |
| 1974-06-16 | State Fairgrounds | Des Moines, IA | Set 2 | 13 | |
| 1974-05-21 | Hec Edmundson Pavilion | Seattle, WA | Set 1: | 6 | — |
| 1974-05-21 | Edmundson Pavilion / University of Washington | Seattle, WA | Set 1 | 6 | |
| 1974-05-17 | Pacific Coliseum | Vancouver, BC, CA | Set 1: | 3 | — |
| 1974-05-17 | P.N.E. Coliseum | Vancouver, BC, CA | Set 1 | 3 | |
| 1974-02-22 | Winterland Arena | San Francisco, California | Set 2: | 14 | |
| 1973-12-08 | Cameron Indoor Stadium | Durham, NC | Set 1: | 6 | — |
| 1973-12-08 | Cameron Indoor Stadium / Duke University | Durham, NC | Set 1 | 9 | |
| 1973-12-02 | The Music Hall | Boston, MA | Set 1: | 4 | — |
| 1973-12-02 | Boston Music Hall | Boston, MA | Set 1 | 4 | |
| 1973-11-23 | El Paso County Coliseum | El Paso, TX | Set 1: | 6 | |
| 1973-11-20 | Denver Coliseum | Denver, Colorado | Set 1: | 4 | |
| 1973-11-17 | Pauley Pavilion | Los Angeles, California | Set 1: | 6 | — |
| 1973-11-17 | Pauley Pavilion / University of California | Los Angeles, California | Set 1 | 7 | |
| 1973-11-14 | San Diego Sports Arena | San Diego, California | Set 1: | 8 | |
| 1973-11-09 | Winterland Arena | San Francisco, California | Set 1: | 7 | |
| 1973-10-29 | Kiel Auditorium | St. Louis, Missouri | Set 1: | 7 | |
| 1973-09-26 | Buffalo Memorial Auditorium | Buffalo, New York | Set 1: | 10 | |
| 1973-09-11 | William & Mary Hall | Williamsburg, VA | Set 1: | 3 | — |
| 1973-09-11 | William and Mary Hall / College of William and Mary | Williamsburg, VA | Set 1 | 3 | |
| 1973-08-01 | Roosevelt Stadium | Jersey City, New Jersey | Set 1: | 3 | |
| 1973-07-01 | Universal Amphitheatre | Universal City, California | Set 1: | 2 | |
| 1973-06-29 | Universal Amphitheatre | Universal City, California | Set 1: | 3 | |
| 1973-06-26 | Seattle Center Arena | Seattle, WA | Set 1: | 9 | |
| 1973-06-24 | Portland Memorial Coliseum | Portland, Oregon | Set 1: | 10 | |
| 1973-06-22 | Pacific Coliseum | Vancouver, BC, CA | Set 1: | 7 | — |
| 1973-06-22 | P.N.E. Coliseum | Vancouver, BC, CA | Set 1 | 7 | |
| 1973-06-10 | Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium | WA | Set 1: | 8 | — |
| 1973-06-10 | Robert F. Kennedy Stadium | WA | Set 1 | 7 | |
| 1973-05-26 | Kezar Stadium | San Francisco, California | Set 1: | 5 | |
| 1973-05-20 | Campus Stadium | Santa Barbara, California | Set 1: | 6 | — |
| 1973-05-20 | Campus Stadium / University of California | Santa Barbara, California | Set 1 | 7 | |
| 1973-03-31 | Buffalo Memorial Auditorium | Buffalo, New York | Set 1: | 1 | |
| 1973-03-30 | Rochester Community War Memorial | Rochester, New York | Set 1: | 13 | — |
| 1973-03-30 | Rochester War Memorial | Rochester, New York | Set 1 | 13 | |
| 1973-03-28 | Springfield Civic Center | Springfield, MA | Set 2: | 19 | |
| 1973-03-26 | Baltimore Civic Center | Baltimore, MD | Set 1: | 2 | |
| 1973-03-24 | Spectrum | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Set 1: | 4 | — |
| 1973-03-24 | The Spectrum | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Set 1 | 4 | |
| 1973-03-22 | Utica Memorial Auditorium | Utica, New York | Set 1: | 11 | |
| 1973-03-21 | Utica Memorial Auditorium | Utica, New York | Set 1: | 9 | |
| 1973-03-19 | Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum | Uniondale, New York | Set 1: | 7 | |
| 1970-05-01 | Orvis Student Activities Center Gymnasium / SUNY College of Technology | Alfred, New York | Set 1 | 7 | |
| 1970-04-19 | Family Dog on the Great Highway | San Francisco, California | Set 1 | 8 | — |
| 1970-02-05 | Fillmore West | San Francisco, California | Set 1 | 6 | |
| 1970-01-31 | The Warehouse | New Orleans, LA | Set 2 | 8 | |
| 1969-12-31 | Boston Tea Party | Boston, MA | Set 2 | 19 | |
| 1969-06-11 | California Hall | San Francisco, California | Set 1 | 4 | — |
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