That's the Way Love Is (Live At Western Recorders Studio1/1974) - B.B. King

Ladies and gentlemen together for the first time B.B. King and Bobby Bland I heard it's three o'clock in the morning I can't even close my eyes Lord, three o'clock in the morning And I can't even close my eyes Well, I can't find my baby Lord, I can't be satisfied Looked around me, people My baby she can't be found Looked all around me, people My baby she can't be found Oh, you know if I don't find my woman This papa's going down to the golden ground Goodbye everybody I do believe this is the end Oh, oh Lord, goodbye everybody (Goodbye everybody) Oh Lord, I do believe this is the end Oh I want you to tell my baby (Oh no no) Oh to forgive me, forgive me (Forgive me) Forgive me of my sins (Of my sins)

I built my love a house from the bottom to the top Did it all with my hands and the wood I chopped Then the times got rough, we had to sell our home But we kept our love, and we're still going strong That's the way love is That's the place where love lives And the smilin' face That's the place where love lives That's the way love is That's the place where love lives Anywhere you give That's the place where love lives We've had our ups and downs, we yell instead of talk Well, we both ran around in a state of shock Lonely and afraid, we looked inside our hearts Found our love survived shining through the dark That's the way love is That's the place where love lives And the smilin' face That's the place where love lives That's the way love is That's the place where love lives Anywhere you give That's the place where love lives That's the way love is That's the place where love lives And the smilin' face That's the place where love lives That's the way love is That's the place where love lives Anywhere you give That's the place where love lives That's the way love is That's the place where love lives And the smilin' face That's the place where love lives That's the way love is That's the place where love lives Anywhere you give That's the place where love lives

Oh baby, as the bitter tears fall from your eyes Oh, a thousand times you ask yourself why, The one guy you loved has departed Oh, you're left alone and brokenhearted, Oooh, love just comes and it goes How long it's gonna' last, said nobody knows... Uh-huh, that's the way, love is baby (That's the way love is, Sho' 'nuff how it is) Oh, that's the way, love is sugar (That's the way love is, Sho' 'nuff how it is) That's how it is Oh, that's how it is baby... I know you walkin' down a lonesome road And your heart is carryin' a heavy load, I know you feel like you ain't got a friend (Ain't got a friend) Oh, and your whole world is cavin' in (Cavin' in) Now it's time to be strong (To be strong) You've gotta' forget him Now that's he's gone Just remember, that's the way, love is baby (That's the way love is, Sho' 'nuff how it is) Uh-huh, that's the way, love is honey (That's the way love is, Sho' 'nuff how it is) That's how it is Oh, that's how it is baby. The road of love is rough sometimes Don't let it get the best of you, See I've been hurt (Been hurt) So many times... So I know just what you're goin through, You wish that you never born You've got to forget him, Now that he's gone Saying That's the way, love is baby (That's the way love is, Sho' 'nuff how it is) Oh, that's the way, love is honey (That's the way love is Sho' 'nuff how it is) That's how it is... So wipe away your tears... Love is here today, And gone tomorrow (That's the way love is, Sho' 'nuff how it is) All of your joys Turn to sorrows... That's the way love is, Sho' 'nuff how it is One day gladness, And the next day sadness... That's the way love is, Sho' 'nuff how it is Oh, that's the way...