I Heard It Through the Grapevine (Summer of Soul Soundtrack - Live at the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival)

[Intro]
Now, ladies and gentlemen
We're gonna bring out some folks
Gladys Knight and The Pips

[Verse 1]
I bet you're wondering how I knew
Baby, 'bout your plan to make me blue
With some other girl you knew before
Between the two of us girls, you know I love you more
It took me by surprise, I must say
When I found out yesterday

[Chorus]
Don't you know that I heard it through the grapevine (Oh, I heard it through the grapevine)
Not much longer would you be mine (Not much longer would you be mine)
Don't you know that I heard it through the grapevine (Oh, I heard it through the grapevine)
And I'm just about, just about, just about to lose my mind
Oh, yes, I am (Oh, yes, I am)
Oh, yes, I am (Oh, yes, I am)
Baby, won't you listen to me?

[Verse 2]
Boy, take a good look at these tears in my eyes
Baby, baby, these tears I can't hold inside
Losing you would end my life, you see
Because you mean that much to me
You could have told me yourself
That you were loving someone else

[Chorus]
Instead I heard it through the grapevine (Oh, I heard it through the grapevine)
Oh, not much longer would you be mine (Not much longer would you be mine)
Don't you know that I heard it, yes, I heard it (Heard it through the grapevine)
Oh, just about, just about, just about to lose my mind
Oh, yes, I am (Oh, yes, I am)
Oh, yes, I am (Oh, yes, I am)
Oh, yes, I am
Oh, oh-oh-oh-oh, oh

[Verse 3]
Why won't you hear me, boy?
Woah-woah-woah
People say, "Believe half of what you see"
(I heard it) Oh, oh (Yes, I heard it)
"None of what you hear" (I heard it, yes, I heard it)
Baby, but I, I just can't help being confused (I heard it, yes, I heard it)
If it's true please, baby, won't you tell me, dear
Oh, do you plan to let me go
For the other girl you loved before?

[Chorus]
Don't you know that I heard it through the grapevine (Oh, I heard it through the grapevine)
Not much longer would you be mine (Not much longer would you be mine)
Don't you know that I heard it, yes, I heard it (Heard it through the grapevine)
Oh, I heard it, heard it
Oh, yeah, oh, yes, I did
Yes, I heard it, yes, I heard it
Don't you know that I heard it through the grapevine
You know that I heard it through the grapevine
Now break it on down

[Bridge]
Yes, I heard it, oh, yes, I did
Yes, I heard it, oh
You know what's strange?
But the same thing happened to my three guys
Hey, fellas, come on and tell them just how you found out about it
Ooh, I heard it through the grapevine
Ooh, I heard it through the grapevine
Heard, heard, heard, heard, heard, heard, heard, heard through the grapevine
Heard, heard, heard, heard, heard, heard, heard, heard through the grapevine
Yes, I heard it, oh, yes, I did
Yes, I heard it (Uh-huh-huh-huh)
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey (Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey)
Uh-huh-huh-huh (Uh-huh-huh-huh)
Hey, hey, hey, I heard it through the grapevine
You know that it heard me, baby
Yes, it did
Yeah, I heard it

[Outro]
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