That's the Way Love Is - Poi Dog Pondering

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...

You're feeling low and oh so small Then suddenly you're eight feet tall She just walked in the room And the gloomy room just glows That's the way love is That's how it goes You're such a drag from nine 'til five Then all at once you're so alive It's just the way she winks her eye Or wrinkles her nose That's the way love is That's how it goes It's the world's oldest unsolved riddle The kind of game you just can't win And if you come up with the answer You're a better man sir, than I, Gunga Din So when that tingle hits you deep And you're tired but you just can't sleep Don't you take my word Go and ask anyone who knows That's the way love is That's how it goes It's the world's oldest unsolved riddle The kind of game you just can't win You come up with the answer And you're a better man sir, than I, Gunga Din So when that tingle hits you deep And you're tired you don't sleep Don't you take my word Go and ask anyone who knows That's the way love is That's how it goes That's how it goes That's how it goes

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

All day long he was fighting for you And he didn't even know your name Young men come and young men go But life goes on just the same And I don't know why Why do we keep holding on I don't know why Pretending to be, oh, so strong Oh, why Is there something I don't know Or something very wrong with you and me Or maybe That's the way it is That's the way it is They've been waiting for word to come down They've been waiting for you night and day They won't wait any longer for you It may already be too late And I don't know why Why do we keep holding on I don't know why Pretending to be, oh, so strong Oh why Is there something I don't know Or something very wrong with you and me Or maybe That's the way it is That's just the way it is You see the dying, you feel the pain What have you got to say If we agree that we can disagree We could stop all of this today It's been your life for as long as you can remember But you cannot fight no more You must want to look your son in the eyes When he asks you what you did it for 'Cause all day long he was fighting for you And he didn't even know your name Young men come and young men go But life goes on just the same And I don't know why Why do we keep holding on I don't know why Pretending to be, oh, so strong Oh, why Is there something no one told me Or something very wrong with you and me Or maybe That's the way it is (That's the way) There's nothing I can do That's just the way it is Oh (That's the way) That's just the way it is That's just the way it is There's nothing I can do That's just the way it is That's just the way it is (That's the way) (That's the way) (That's the way)

Hey! Hey! Hey! Slippy side, Side-Side-Side go to go A long time gone and a long time past So soon so soon -- Lack Luster Lack Luster How can I muster The faith That I need to see The Things I need to see -- On again off again Bronco Try to hold on to the ribs Of the situation at hand. A long time gone and a long time past, Since I felt That Things were within my grasp. . . Wheel roll round Round, round, round -- hear that Sound. Leaning longingly against The window, Falling forlorn to the ground, ground, ground. . . When I wonder, when I whistle, When I'm wandering Through The Thistles When I'm tangled up in Bristles Hey! hey! hey! Beautifully Pained like an angel in purgatory -- Wrapped up and exhaulted -- Immaculate in melancholy -- She (sea) sure (shore) Rose and The sand fell Through her hands Grain after grain after grain! "In the Beginning was The Myth" Chapter one starts like this. . ., "Blank and Calm, and full of expectancy." (Herman Hess' "peter Caminziad") I'm standing exactly where I'm Supposed to be. . . Twisting and Tumbling, not Standing or fumbling.

Wanna get right this time Wanna get right this time Wanna get right this time Wanna get right this time Wanna get right this time Wanna get right this time Wanna get right this time Wanna get right this time Complicated, it's alright Complicated, yeah it's alright Well, sorrow is an angel that Comes to you in blue light Then shows you what is wrong with you To see if you'll set it right And I've screwed up so many times in my life Wanna get right this time Wanna get right this time Wanna get right this time Wanna get right this time Wanna get right this time Wanna get right this time Wanna get right this time Wanna get right this time Complicated, it's alright Complicated, yeah it's alright Until something or someone helps me get it right Or hits me over the head, locks me up and says good night I can't stand to see myself go through the motions That brings me back into these same old set of motions Wanna get right this time Wanna get right this time Wanna get right this time Wanna get right this time Wanna get right this time Wanna get right this time Wanna get right this time Wanna get right this time I have to get free with it I have to get free with it I have to get free with it I have to get free with it Sometimes I just get so afraid of life I'm not afraid of death I'm scared of going through this thing twice Wanna get right this time Wanna get right this time Wanna get right this time Wanna get right this time Wanna get right this time Wanna get right this time Wanna get right this time Wanna get right this time Wanna get right this time (Wooh hoo) Wanna get right this time (Hoo hoo) Wanna get right this time Wanna get right this time Wanna get right this time (Wooh hoo) Wanna get right this time (Hoo hoo) Wanna get right this time Wanna get right this time (I have to get free with it) Tell me (I have to get free with it) Tell me (I have to get free with it) Tell me (I have to get free with it) Tell me Complicated, it's alright

----------- ------ I know you're bitter, but why? Don't you know that two wrongs don't make a right? It's not that simple But everybody's trying to figure it out I feel so detached today, I don't konw It's not that simple, It's not that simple It's all that we can do to try and work it on out.

Say that you'll be The one Drowning in my heart, to be Drowning in your arms, (take me) *3 summers heat, tangled up In sheets (take me) (* Susan Gave me that line) I'm as steady as a sea saw, And as longing as the wind, Visions of you come so filling I swoon -- so far And distant and under the same Moon, all I ask is you to Take Me Under the strength of your Words my heart is carried By a hundred birds (Take me) Into death I do seep, into The arms of your hearts Sleep (take me) Breathing as you where, Lying on The floor Take Me Take Me.