[Intro]
Yeah
Woo-hoo
Woo, Lord, Lord, Lord, Lord, baby
Woo, woo, oh Lord

[Part I: That's the Way Love Is]

[Verse 1]
As the bitter tears fall from your eyes
A thousand times you ask yourself why
The one guy you love has departed
You're left alone and broken-hearted
Oh, love just comes and goes
How long it's gonna last nobody knows
Hey hey hey

[Chorus]
That's the way love is, baby
Woo hoo hoo hoo, that's the way love is, baby
Oh Lord, Lord, Lord, oh, that's how it is, yes Lord
How, woo hoo hoo hoo


[Part II: You]
[Verse 1]
When I wake up and then see you
Lord, you I see, sugar sugar, in my mirror in the mornin'
Instead of seein' me
I see you, baby, I see your face
And inside me is a growing need, ooh, for your embrace
Lord, Lord, Lord, Lord

[Piano solo]

[Outro]
Ooh, oh baby, woo hoo, oh darlin', oh baby, ooh

[Part III: I Heard It Through the Grapevine]

[Verse 1]
I bet you'rе wonderin' how I knew
'Bout your plans to make mе blue
With some other guy you knew before
Between the two of us guys
You know I love you more

[Pre-Chorus]
It took me by surprise I must say
When I found out yesterday
[Chorus]
Don't you know that I heard, heard it through the grapevine
No longer would you be mine
Honey, honey, hey
Heard it through the grapevine
I'm just about to lose my mind
Honey, honey, honey, hey

[Outro]
Woo, hoo
Yes, I heard it, through the grapevine
That no longer would you be mine, woo

[Part IV: Little Darling (I Need You)]

[Chorus]
Little darlin', I love you
Little darlin', I want you
Little darlin', got to have you
Oh yeah, baby, gotta have you

[Verse 1]
If it means giving up my pride
I'm gonna give it up, give it up
Always one who loves more than the other
But I don't mind, I don't mind
[Outro]
Darlin', I love you

[Part V: You're All I Need To Get By]

[Intro]
You're all I need to get by, oh baby
I love you so much and I gotta say you're all I need to get by
That's why I hold on to you, baby
Oh, that's why I love you, sugar
You're all I need to get by
Alright now, hoo

[Part VI: Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing]

[Chorus]
Ain't nothing like the real thing, baby
Ain't nothing like the real thing, no no
Nothing like the real thing, baby, oh Lord no
Nothing like the real thing

[Outro]
You know, Tammi Terrell and I recorded a lot of love songs
Tammi used to say, "Marvin, our message is to lovers, isn't it?"
I said, "And our message is of love, isn't it?"
And that's what we strove for, to sing of love, about love
We wanted to sing because we know, and we knew that love was happening
We want you to reminisce a little
See if you remember this

[Part VII: Your Precious Love]

[Verse]
What you've given me, oh, I could never return
'Cause there's so much, girl, I have yet to learn

[Chorus]
Heaven must have sent you from above, baby
Heaven must have sent your precious love

[Part VIII: Pride and Joy]

[Intro]
Because you, honey, you are
You're my pride and joy
I love you, I love you, little darlin'
Like a baby boy loves his toy
Ooh, you've got kisses sweeter than honey, oh Lord
I work seven days a week, giving you all my money
And that's why, baby, you, you, you are my pride and joy

[Outro]
Don't you believe it?
Sugar, that's why, honey, that's why you're my pride and joy
I can say it one more time

[Part IX: Stubborn Kind of Fellow]

[Chorus]
I'm a stubborn kind of fellow
Yes, I'm a stubborn kind of fellow
Got my mind made up to love you

[Outro]
Thank you
Thank you very kindly, ladies and gentlemen