[Intro: The Pips]
And this is love, this is love
Whoa-ooh

[Verse 1: Gladys Knight]
The apple tree
That stood and watched our first kiss
The glue I bought
So you could mend my favorite dish
And oh, the broken vase
I once threw at you and missed
And this is love, a story of love
Your checkered handkerchief
The one I used when my kitten died
And birthday cakes
A box of tunes, a TV Guide
Ah, and catching cold
Trudging through the rain for a mile
To get some special gifts
For your sister and her child

[Chorus: Gladys Knight]
And that little dream house
That sits up on that sunny hill
And all the dreams we had that
This house our kids would one day fill
And this is love
Oh, and this is love
Don't you know that this is love
The story of love, glory of love
[Verse 2: Gladys Knight]
A birthday party for Lorraine
And drinking too much pink champagne
The hand that struck through jealousy
And broke the ties between you and me
A little heart that would not forgive
And wondering how I'm gonna live
With nothing left but hurt and pain
But try and try and try again

[Chorus: Gladys Knight]
And this is love
Oh, and this is love
Don't you know that this is love
The story of love

[Verse 3: Gladys Knight]
A snapshot pasted to my mind
Of all the things I've left behind
A book of poems, a favorite record
And how you used to cheat at checkers
The tree that spied on our first kiss
That old broken, broken dish
Whoa, all of these things I truly miss
But don't you know
[Chorus: Gladys Knight]
Don't you know that this is love
Oh, and this is love
Don't you know that this is love
The story of love

[Outro: Gladys Knight & The Pips]
Na, na, na, na-na-na-na
Na, na, na, na-na-na-na-na, whoa-ooh
Whoa-ooh, na-na-na-na-na-na
Too much bubbly pink champagne
Nothing left but hurt and pain
Maybe a poem and one or two records
Can't nobody beat you when you're cheating at checkers, no, whoa-ooh
Whoa-ooh, na-na-na-na-na-na