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

But a, that's the way love is, baby
(That's the way love is, sure enough how it is)
Ooh, that's the way love is, honey
(That's the way love is, sure enough how it is)
Sure enough how it is
Yeah

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 (feel like you ain't got a friend)
And your whole world's cavin' in (whole world, cavin' in)
Well, now is time to be strong (now is time to be strong )
You gotta forget him now that's he's gone (forget him now that's he's gone)
And remember

That's the way love is, baby, yeah
(That's the way love is, sure enough how it is)
Ooh, that's the way love is, baby, yeah
(That's the way love is, sure enough how it is)
That's the way love is
Ah-ah
Hoo!

Yes
The road of love is rough sometimes
Don't let it get the best of you
Said I've been hurt by love so many times (been hurt by love so many times)
I know just what you're going through (know just what you're going through)
Hoo!
You wish you were never born (you wish you were never born)
You better forget him now that he's gone (forget him now that he's gone)
Just remember

That's the way love is, baby, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
(That's the way love is, sure enough how it is)
Oh, that's the way love is, honey, yeah
(That's the way love is, sure enough how it is)
That's the way love is, yeah-yeah (love is baby)
(That's the way love is, sure enough how it is)
Oh, that's the way love is, baby, yeah
(That's the way love is, sure enough how it is)
That's the way love is, baby, yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah (that's the way love is baby)
(That's the way love is, sure enough how it is)
Oh, that's the way love is, honey, yeah
(That's the way love is, sure enough how it is)
That's the way (that's the way)
That's the way
(That's the way love is, sure enough how it is)
That's the way (that's the way)
Ooh That's the way
(That's the way love is, sure enough how it is)

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Writer(s): Barrett Strong, Norman Whitfield