I Heard It Through the Grapevine Songtext
von Bettye LaVette

I bet you′re wonderin' how I knew, ′bout your plans to make me blue
With some other girl you knew before
Between the two of us girls, you know I loved you more
It took me by surprise I must say (it took me by surprise I must say)
When I found out yesterday (when I found out yesterday)
Don't you know that I heard it through the grapevine
Not much longer, would you be mine
I swear I've heard it through the grapevine
Oh no, no, I′m just about to lose my mind

Honey, yeah (I heard it through the grapevine)
Not much longer would you be mine baby ooh, yeah

Take a good look at these tears I cry
Oh, these tears I can′t hold inside
Losin' you would end my life you see
′Cause baby you mean that much to me


You could have told me yourself (you could have told me yourself)
Told me that you love somebody else (that you love someone else)
Instead, I heard it through the grapevine
Not much longer would you be mine
Said I heard it through the grapevine
Hold on I'm just about to lose my mind

Oh, yeah (I heard it through the grapevine
Not much longer would you be mine, baby, ooh

People say, "Believe half of what you see
Oh, and none of what you hear"
I can′t help but be confused
If it's true please tell me dear

Do you plan to let me go (do you plan to let me go)
For some other girl you loved before? (For the girl you loved before?)

Don′t you know I heard it through the grapevine
Not much longer would you be mine
Said, I heard it through the grapevine
Hold on, I'm just about to lose my mind

Hold it honey, yeah (I heard it through the grapevine)
Not much longer would you be mine, baby
Yeah, yeah, yeah (hold it honey, I know) I heard it through the grapevine
Not much longer would you be mine, baby (that you're letting me go)
Yeah, yeah, yeah I heard it through the grapevine
Not much longer would you be mine, baby


Yeah, I heard it through the grapevine
Yeah, yeah, yeah (honey, honey) I heard it through the grapevine
Not much longer would you be mine, baby yeah)
Said I heard it through the grapevine
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah (I know, I know you′re letting me go)