Ooh, I bet you're wondering how I knew   'Bout your plans to make me blue   Some other guy that knew before   Between the two of us guys you know I love you more      It took me by surprise I must say   When I found out yesterday   Don't you know that      I heard it through the grapevine?   Not much longer would you be mine   Oh, I heard it through the grapevine   Oh, I'm just about to lose my mind   Honey, honey, yeah      Heard it through the grapevine   How much longer would you be mine, baby?      I know that a man ain't supposed to cry   But these tears can't hold inside   Losin' you would end my life you see   'Cause you mean that much to me      You could have told me yourself   That you love someone else   Instead      I heard it through the grapevine   Not much longer would you be mine   Oh, I heard it through the grapevine   And I'm just about to lose my mind   Honey, honey, yeah      Heard it through the grapevine   How much longer would you be mine, baby?      People say believe half of what you see   Son, and none of what you hear   I can't help bein' confused   If it's true, please tell me, dear      Do you plan to let me go   For the other guy you loved before?   Instead      I heard it through the grapevine   Not much longer would you be mine   Baby, I heard it through the grapevine   And I'm just about to lose my mind   Honey, honey, yeah      Heard it through the grapevine   How much longer would you be mine, baby?   Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah      Heard it through the grapevine   How much longer would you be mine, baby?   Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah      Heard it through the grapevine   How much longer would you be mine, baby?   Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah      Heard it through the grapevine   How much longer would you be mine, baby?