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That’s How It Is (Since You’ve Been Gone)

This version of That’S How It Is (Since You’Ve Been Gone) was released by Marvin Gaye in 1968.

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Oh baby, there’s a letter on the floor
That I just can’t read no more
‘Cause the words upon its face are sayin’ goodbye
There’s a plate upon the table
Filled with food I could not eat
There’s a made-up bed in the bedroom where I couldn’t sleep
I just sit & weep
Oh baby, that’s how it is since you’ve been gone
That’s how it is, I’m so all alone

Now the curtains are drawn in my lonely room
& the darkness fills the air
& this old empty heart of mine is in despair
Even though the tears I shed
Washed the words away
I could still remember every word you had to say
They just wouldn’t go away
Oh baby, that’s how it is since you’ve been gone
That’s how it is, I’m so all alone

Oh baby, you knew right from the start
That my heart was in your hands
& your every, every wish, boy, was my command
That’s why I can’t understand
How you could leave me here helpless, dear
Alone & afraid, oh how could such a mistake be made?
But that’s how it is since you’ve been gone
That’s how it is, I’m so alone, oh baby

That’s how it is since you’ve been gone
That’s how it is, I’m so alone

Marvin Gaye has released many songs over the years besides That’S How It Is (Since You’Ve Been Gone). Marvin Gaye released songs from 1961 to 1985 spanning across albums like The Soulful Moods Of Marvin Gaye, That Stubborn Kinda Fella, Together, How Sweet It Is To Be Loved By You, Moods Of Marvin Gaye, Take Two, United, You're All I Need, I Heard It Through The Grapevine, Easy, M.P.G., That's The Way Love Is, What's Going On, Trouble Man, Let's Get It On, Diana & Marvin, I Want You, Here, My Dear, Midnight Love, Romantically Yours, and Dream Of A Lifetime. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Marvin Gaye.

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