Well, I bet you wonderin' how I knew 'Bout your plans to make me blue With some other guy you knew before Out of the two of us guys, you know I loved you more Took me by surprise (Took me by surprise) I must say (I must say) When I found out yesterday Dear God, I heard it through the grapevine Not much longer would you be mine No, no, I heard it through the grapevine And I'm just about to lose my mind Honey, honey, yeah (Heard it through the grapevine Not much longer would you be my baby) Honey, honey, I know (Heard it through the grapevine Not much longer would you be my baby) That you're letting me go Now I know that a man ain't supposed to cry But these tears I can't hold inside Losin' you was my life, you see Because 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 would you be mine No, no I heard it though the grapevine And I'm just about to lose my mind Honey, honey, yeah (Heard it through the grapevine Not much longer would you be my baby) Honey, honey, I know (Heard it through the grapevine Not much longer would you be my baby) That you're letting me go You can't hide what I've seen And you can't hide what I've heard But I can't stand this being confused So if it's true you'd better tell me, dear Do you plan to let me go For the other guy you loved before? Dear God, I heard it through the grapevine Not much longer would you be mine No, no I heard it though the grapevine And I'm just about to lose my mind Honey, Honey yeah (Heard it through the grapevine Not much longer would you be my baby) Honey, honey, I know (Heard it through the grapevine Not much longer would you be my baby) That you're letting me go (Heard it through the grapevine Not much longer would you be my baby) Honey, honey, I know (Heard it through the grapevine Not much longer would you be my baby) That you're letting me go (Heard it through the grapevine Not much longer would you be my baby) Honey, honey, I know (Heard it through the grapevine Not much longer would you be my baby) That you're letting me go (Yeah)

When I was a little bitty baby My mama would rock me in the cradle In them old cotton fields back home It was down in Louisiana Just about a mile from Tex-arkana In them old cotton fields back home Oh, when them cotton ball' get rotten You can't pick very much cotton In them old cotton fields back home It was down in Louisiana Just about a mile from Tex-arkana In them old cotton fields back home When I was a little bitty baby My mama would rock me in the cradle In them old cotton fields back home It was down in Louisiana Just about a mile from Tex-arkana In them old cotton fields back home Oh, when them cotton ball' get rotten You can't pick very much cotton In them old cotton fields back home It was down in Louisiana Just about a mile from Tex-arkana In them old cotton fields back home When I was a little bitty baby My mama would rock me in the cradle In them old cotton fields back home It was down in Louisiana Just about a mile from Tex-arkana In them old cotton fields back home In them old cotton fields back home