Oh, baby As 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 Ooh, love just comes and it goes How long it's gonna last, said nobody knows Uh-huh, 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, sugar (Ooh, that's the way love is, sure enough, how it is) Oh, that's how it is Oh, that's how it is, my little darling 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 (Feel like you ain't got a friend) Oh, and your whole world's cavin' in (Whole world is cavin' in) Oh, but now it's time to be strong (It's time to be strong) You've gotta forget him now that's he's gone (Now that he's gone) And remember, that's the way, love is, honey (That's the way love is, sure enough, how it is) Oh, that's the way, love is, baby (That's the way love is, sure enough, how it is) Ah, that's how it is Oh, oh, my little darlin' Oh, baby, whoo Oh, listen to me, little darlin' The road of love gets rough sometimes Don't let it get the best of you Said I've been hurt by love so many times (Been hurt so many times) So I know just what you're goin' through Oh, you wish that you were never born You've gotta forget him now that he's gone (Forget him now that he's gone) Just remember 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 (That's the way love is, sure enough, 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, sure enough, how it is) I said all of your joys turn to sorrows (That's the way love is, sure enough, how it is)