Cover art for That’s How It Is (Since You’ve Been Gone) by Tammi Terrell

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

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

[Verse 1]
There's a letter on the floor
That I just can't read no more
'Cause the words upon its face are saying goodbye
There's a plate upon the table
Filled with food I could not eat
There's a made-up bed in the next room where I couldn't sleep
I just sit and weep

[Chorus]
Oh darling, that's how it is since you've been gone
That's how it is, I'm so all, all alone

[Verse 2]
Now the curtains are drawn in my lonely room
And the darkness fills the air
And 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

[Chorus]
Oh baby, that's how it is since you've been gone
That's how it is, I'm so all, all alone

[Verse 3]
Oh darling, you knew right from the start
That my heart was in your hands
And your every, every wish, boy, was my command
That's why I can't understand
How you could leave me here helpless, dear
Alone and afraid
Oh, how could such a mistake be made?
[Chorus]
But that's how it is since you've been gone
That's how it is, I'm so all, all alone, oh baby

[Outro]
That's how it is since you've been gone
That's how it is, I'm so all, all alone
That's how it is since you've been gone
That's how it is, I'm so all alone, oh baby
That's how it is since you've been gone
That's how it is, I'm so all alone, oh
That's how it is since you've been gone
That's how it is, I'm so all, all alone

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Hitsville U.S.A. (Detroit)
Release Date
1967
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