Marvin: Feel the bitter tears fall from your eyes
Oh, a thousand times you ask yourself why,
The one guy you loved has departed
Oh, you're left alone and brokenhearted,
Oooh, love just comes and it goes
How long it's gonna' last, said nobody knows...

Marvin: Uh-huh, that's the way, love is baby
Background: That's the way love is,
Sho' 'nuff how it is
Marvin: Oh, that's the way, love is sugar
Bacground: That's the way love is,
Sho' 'nuff how it is
Marvin: That's how it is
Oh, that's how it is my little darlin'...

Marvin: I know you walkin' down a lonesome road
And your heart is carryin' a heavy load,
I know you feel like you ain't got a friend
Background: Ain't got a friend
Marvin: Oh, and your whole world is cavin' in
Background: Cavin' in
Marvin: You wish that you were never born
Background: Never born
Marvin: You've gotta' forget him
Now that's he's gone

Marvin: Just remember, that's the way, love is baby
Background: That's the way love is,
Sho' 'nuff how it is
Marvin: Uh-huh, that's the way, love is honey
Background: That's the way love is,
Sho' 'nuff how it is
Marvin: That's how it is
Oh, that's how it is my little darlin'

music(or the bridge)
Marvin: Ahh, listen to me little darlin...

Marvin: The road of love is sometimes hard
Don't let it get the best of you,
See I've been hurt
Background: Been hurt
Marvin: So many times...
So I know just what you're goin through,
Now is the time to be strong,
Background: To be strong
Marvin: You've got to forget him,
Now that he's gone
And just remember...

Marvin: That's the way, love is baby
Background: That's the way love is,
Sho' 'nuff how it is
Marvin: Oh, that's the way, love is honey
Background: That's the way love is
Sho' 'nuff how it is

Marvin: That's how it is...
So wipe away your tears...
Love is here today,
And gone tomorrow
Background: That's the way love is,
Sho' 'nuff how it is
Marvin: All of your joys
Turn to sorrows...
Background: That's the way love is,
Sho' 'nuff how it is
Marvin: One day gladness,
And the next day sadness...
Background: That's the way love is,
Sho' 'nuff how it is
Marvin: Oh, that's the way...

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