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      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   (That's the way love is, sho' 'nuff how it is)   That's how it is   Oh, that's how it is my little darlin'      Yeah now, I know you 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 is cavin' in   (Whole world is cavin' in)      Oh but now is the time to be strong   (Now is the time to be strong)   You've gotta' forget him now that he's gone   (Forget him 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)   That's the way, love is baby   (That's the way love is, sho' 'nuff how it is)   That's how it is   Oh oh, my little darlin'      Oh baby      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 by love so many times)   So I know just what you're goin' through   (Know just what you're goin' through)      You wish that you were never born   (Wish that you were never born)   You've got to 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, sho' 'nuff how it is)   Oh, that's the way, love is honey   (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 say all of your joys turn to sorrows   (That's the way love is, sho' 'nuff how it is)   One day gladness and the next day sadness   (That's the way love is, sho' 'nuff how it is)   Oh, that's the way, love is baby