Ooh, I bet you're wond'rin' how I knew 'bout your plans to make me blue With some other guy you knew before Between the two of us guys you know I love you more It took me by surprise I must say When I found out yesterday Dontcha know that I
Heard it through the grapevine Not much longer would you be mine Oh I heard it through the grapevine Oh I'm just about to lose my mind Honey, honey yeah (Heard it through the grapevine) (Not much longer would you be my baby, ooh, ooh, ooh)
I know a man ain't supposed to cry But these tears I can't hold inside Losin' you would end my life you see 'cause you mean that much to me You could have told me yourself That you love someone else Instead I
Heard it through the grapevine Not much longer would you be mine Oh 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, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh)
People say believe half of what you see Son, and none of what you hear But I can't help bein' confused If it's true please tell me dear Do you plan to let me go For the other guy you loved before? Dontcha know I
Heard it through the grapevine Not much longer would you be mine Baby I heard it through the grapevine Ooh I'm just about to lose my mind Honey, honey yeah (Heard it through the grapevine) (Not much longer would you be my baby, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
Honey, honey, I know That you're lettin' me go Said I heard it through the grapevine
Марвин Пенц Гэй младший (англ. Marvin Pentz Gaye, Jr.; 2 апреля 1939, Вашингтон — 1 апреля 1984, Лос-Анжелес) — американский певец, аранжировщик, музыкант-мультиинструменталист, автор песен и музыкальный продюсер, наряду со Стиви Уандером стоявший у истоков современного ритм-энд-блюза. Погиб во время семейной ссоры от руки отца за день до своего сорокапятилетия. При создании Зала славы рок-н-ролла (1987) в нём было увековечено и имя Марвина Гэя.
Прозванный «князем Мотауна», Гэй эволюционировал от лёгкого мотауновского ритм-энд-блюза к изысканному соулу альбомов «What's Going On» (1971) и «Let’s Get It On» (1973), которые считаются его шедеврами. В числе первых он превратил ритм-энд-блюз из лёгкого развлекательного жанра в способ художественного самовыражения, позволявший ему доносить личную боль и политические взгляды до миллионов слушателей.