Ah baby
After many tears fall from your eyes
A thousand times you ask yourself why
The one guy you love has departed
You´re left alone and broken-hearted
Love just comes and goes
How long it´s gonna last nobody knows

That´s the way love is, baby [or honey, or other endearing term]
(That´s the way love is, sugar, how it is)
That´s the way love is, baby
(That´s the way love is, sugar, how it is)
That´s how it is

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 (ain´t got a friend)
And your whole world´s cavin´ in (cavin´ in)
Ah, but now is the time to be strong (to be strong)
You better forget him now that he´s gone (now that he´s gone)
Remember...

That´s the way love is, baby [or honey, or other endearing term]
(That´s the way love is, sugar, how it is)
That´s the way love is, baby
(That´s the way love is, sugar, how it is)
That´s how it is

[Instrumental]

Listen to me, little darlin´
The road of love is rough sometimes
But don´t let it get the best of you
I´ve been hurt by love so many times
I know just what you´re goin´ through
You wish you were never born
You better forget him now that he´s gone

That´s the way love is, baby [or honey, or other endearing term]
(That´s the way love is, sugar, how it is)
That´s the way love is, baby
(That´s the way love is, sugar, how it is)
That´s how it is

Wipe away your tears
Love is here today and gone tomorrow
(That´s the way love is, sugar, how it is)
All your joys turn to sorrow
(That´s the way love is, sugar, how it is)
One day gladness, and the next day sadness
(That´s the way love is, sugar, how it is)
[...and fade]