Oh, baby, as the bitter tears fall from your eyesA thousand times you ask yourself whyOne guy your love has departedLeft you lonely, broken-heartedBut love just comes and goesHow long it's gonna last ain't nobody knowsBut that's the way that love is, babyThat's the way love is, sugarThat's the way that love is, sugarThat's the way love is, sugarThat's how it isThat's how it is, babyI know you're walking down a lonesome roadAnd your heart is kinda heavy, loveI know you feel like you ain't got a friendAnd your whole world is caving inOh, but now's the time to be strongYou gotta forget him, baby, now that he's goneThat's the way that love is, babyThat's the way love is, sugarThat's the way that love is, honeyThat's the way love is, sugarThat's how it isThat's how it is, babyThat's the way that love is, babyThe road of love is rough sometimesDon't let it get the best of youSaid I've been hurt, my love, so many timesNo one knows what you're going throughI wish that you were never bornYou gotta forget him, baby, now that he's goneSaying that's the way that love is, babyThat's the way love is, sugarThat's the way that love is, sugarThat's the way love is, sugarThat's how it isWipe away your tearsLove is here today and gone tomorrowThat's the way love is, showing off how it isSaying all of your joys have turned to sorrowThat's the way love is, showing off how it isOne day madness and the next day sadnessThat's the way love is, showing off how it isThat's the way love is, showing off how it isThat's the way love is, showing off how it isIt is, it is, it isThat's the way love isShowing off how it isThat's the way love isShowing off how it is