That's The Way Love Is

After bitter tears fall from your eyes

A thousand times, you ask yourself why

The one guy you love has departed, oh yeah

And you're left alone and broken-hearted

Love just comes and goes

How long it's gonna last nobody knows

That's the way

That's the way love is

I know you're walkin' down a lonesome road, girl

And your heart is carryin' a heavy load

I know you feel like you ain't got a friend

And your whole world's cavin' in, listen to me

Now is the time to be strong

You gotta forget him now that he's gone

Remember

That's the way

That's the way love is

Let me run somethin' down to you, baby

Love can be a hurting thing

And it can be as warm as a person's scream

When love is present, everything is alright

But when it's gone you toss and turn all night

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

So I know just what you're goin' through

I bet you wish that you were never born

You've got to forget him, ooh, now that he's gone

Remember

That's the way (love is, baby)

That's the way love is, ooh

Love is here today, gone tomorrow

All your joys turn to sorrow

(That's the way love is)

Ooh, one day gladness, the next day sadness

That's the way love is, sho'nuff, how it is