I Heard It Through the Grapevine

Whew! (Come on, man, let's work out something) I have got the tool Hello (hello, Marvin) Yeah, who is this? Frankie, what's happening? Yeah, man, look here Something funky is going down, man What do you mean something funky is going down? I'm over here working (oh, man, something funky is going down, look here) I just saw your lady go in the motel room, man, with one of your best friends And it just didn't look right, mama Speak up, man, what you gonna say about it, man? Try to let you know what's happening Say what, Frankie? Don't tell me that What'd you say? It's true, hommie, it's true, funky Oh, Frankie, don't tell me my lady is like that, man (oh, man) Listen, huh? She-she-she just don't love you no more, man I guess she don't love you no more Look here, I got to go now, man I got to go, I'll talk to you later, all right? Frankie, don't hang up Don't hang up, Frankie Ooh, I bet you're wondering 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 love you more It took me by surprise I must say When I found out yesterday Dontcha 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 yeah (I heard it through the grapevine) (Not much longer would you be my baby, ooh, ooh, ooh) Now 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 Now you should have told me yourself (should have told me yourself) That you love someone else Instead I Heard it through the grapevine Not much longer would you be mine Oh, I heard it through the grapevine Now I'm just about to lose my mind Honey, honey yeah (I heard it through the grapevine) (Not much longer would you be my baby, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh) (I heard it through the grapevine) (Not much longer would you be my baby, yeah, yeah, yeah) (I heard it through the grapevine) (Not much longer would you be my baby, yeah, yeah, yeah) When I heard the news, baby (I heard it through the grapevine) I didn't know what to do, baby (I heard it through the grapevine) It started to feel real (I heard it through the grapevine) Broken up in my heart, baby (I heard it through the grapevine) I didn't know how to handle the feeling, baby (I heard it through the grapevine) I don't wanna believe it, baby (I heard it through the grapevine), no, I don't I broke down and began to feel awful, baby (I heard it through the grapevine) I broke down on me and the world (I heard it through the grapevine) Why, baby? (I heard it through the grapevine) Oh, why? (I heard it through the grapevine) Don't you love me no more? (I heard it through the grapevine) Don't you love me no more? (I heard it through the grapevine) Oh, baby (I heard it through the grapevine) Oh, baby (I heard it through the grapevine) Ooh, what can you do? (I heard it through the grapevine) Hey! Ah! Oh, no, listen I know I'm in it all the time But these tears I can't hold inside Ooh, you're in my life, you see Don't you mean that much to me, baby? You should've told yourself (you should've told yourself) That you loved somebody else (that you loved somebody else) But instead I Heard it through the grapevine Not much longer would you be mine I heard it through the grapevine Oh, I'm just about to lose my mind Honey, honey yeah (I heard it through the grapevine) (Not much longer would you be my baby, ooh, ooh, ooh) Nearly broke with you babe (I heard it through the grapevine) Not much longer would you be mine (I heard it through the grapevine) Heard it through the grapevine, whew!