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

[Verse 1]
[MG:] Oh baby, 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 bedroom where I couldn't sleep
I just sit & weep

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

[Verse 2]
[TT:] 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

[Chorus]

[Verse 3]
[MG:] Oh baby, you knew right from the start
That my heart was in your hands
[TT:] & 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?

[Chorus][x2]