That's The Way Love Is
Composer(s): Norman Whitfield - Barrett Strong
First release by: The Isley Brothers - 1967
Covered by multiple other artists



Oh baby, after many tears fall from your eyes 
Though a thousand times you ask yourself why 
The one guy you love has departed 
Oh, you're left alone and broken-hearted - ooh
Love just comes and it goes 
How long it's gonna last, said, nobody knows

That's the way love is, baby 
That's the way love is, sho 'nuff how it is 
Oh, that's the way love is, sugar - oh yeah
That's the way love is, sho 'nuff how it is 
Oh, that's how it is, oh, that's how it is, my little darlin' - Yeah now

I know you're walkin' down a lonesome road 
And your heart is carryin' a heavy load 
I know you feel like you ain't got a friend - you ain't got a friend 
Oh, and your whole world's cavin' in - cavin' in 
Oh, but now's the time to be strong - to be strong 
You gotta forget him now that he's gone - now that he's gone 

And remember that's the way love is, honey
That's the way love is, sho 'nuff how it is 
Oh, that's the way love is, baby - oh yeah
That's the way love is, sho 'nuff how it is 
Oh, that's how it is, oh, my little darlin' - Oh baby - ooh

Oh, listen to me, little darlin' 
The road of love is rough sometime 
Don't let it get the best of you 
Said, I've been hurt by love so many times 
So I know just what you're goin' through 
Oh, you wish that you were never born 
You gotta forget him now that he's gone
Just remember that's the way love is, baby - ooh
That's the way love is, sho 'nuff how it is 
Oh, that's the way love is, honey - yeah - ooh
That's the way love is, sho 'nuff how it is 
That's how it is, so wipe away your tears

Love is here today and gone tomorrow 
That's the way love is, sho 'nuff how it is 
I said, all of your joys turn to sorrow 
That's the way love is, sho 'nuff how it is 
Oh, one day gladness and the next day sadness 
That's the way love is, sugar, how it is...