I heard it through the grapevine

by Marvin Gaye

couplet 1:

Ooh, I bet you're wonderin' how I knew

'Bout your plans to make me blue

With some other guy you knew before

Between the two of us guys, you know, I loved you more

It took me by surprise, I must say, when I found out yesterday

Don't you know that I heard it through the grapevine

Not much longer would you be mine

Oh, I heard it through the grapevine

Oh, I'm just about to lose my mind, honey, honey, oh well

I heard it through the grapevine,

Not much longer would you be mine, baby - ooh

couplet 2:

I know a man ain't supposed to cry

But these tears I can't hold inside

Losing you would end my life, you see

'Cause you mean that much to me

You could have told me yourself that you loved someone else

Instead I heard it through the grapevine

Not much longer wold you be mine

Oh, I heard it through the grapevine

And I'm just about to lose my mind, honey, honey, oh well

I heard it through the grapevine

Not much longer would you be mine, baby - ooh ooh

couplet 3 :

People say believe half of what you see

Son, and none of what you hear

But I can't help but being confused

If it's true, please tell me, dear

Do you plan to let me go for the other guy you loved before?

Don't you know I heard it through the grapevine

Not much longer would you be mine

Baby, I heard it through the grapevine

Ooh, I'm just about to lose my mind, honey, honey, yeah

I heard it through the grapevine

Not much longer would you be mine, baby - yeah yeah yeah yeah

chorus:

Honey, honey, I know

I heard it through the grapevine

Not much longer would you be mine, baby - yeah yeah yeah yeah

That you're letting me go

Said I heard it through the grapevine - ooh

I heard it through the grapevine

Not much longer would be mine, baby

I heard it through the grapevine