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
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- Wherever I Lay My Hat (That’s My Home) (1963)
- For Sentimental Reasons (I Love You) (1964)
- Once Upon A Time (1964)
- What’s The Matter With You Baby (1964)
- You Came A Long Way From St. Louis (1964)
- Baby Don’t You Do It (1965)
- Forever (1965)
- How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) (1965)
- Try It Baby (1965)
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- Heaven Sent You, I Know (1966)
- I’ll Be Doggone (1966)
- It Takes Two (1966)
- Little Darling (I Need You) (1966)
- Night Life (1966)
- One For My Baby (And One More For The Road) (1966)
- One More Heartache (1966)
- Take This Heart Of Mine (1966)
- What Good Am I Without You (1966)
- Your Unchanging Love (1966)
- Ain’t No Mountain High Enough (1967)
- Hold Me, Oh My Darling (1967)
- If I Could Build My Whole World Around You (1967)
- If This World Were Mine (1967)
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- Two Can Have A Party (1967)
- Your Precious Love (1967)
- Ain’t Nothing Like The Real Thing (1968)
- Chained (1968)
- Give In, You Just Can’t Win (1968)
- I Can’t Help But Love You (1968)
- I Heard It Through The Grapevine (1968)
- Keep On Lovin’ Me Honey (1968)
- There Goes My Baby (1968)
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- You (1968)
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