Troyal Garth Brooks (born February 7, 1962 in Tulsa, Oklahoma) is an Americ… Read Full Bio ↴Troyal Garth Brooks (born February 7, 1962 in Tulsa, Oklahoma) is an American country music singer songwriter and charity director.

Brooks was a phenomenal musical force in the 1990s. He had his chart breakthrough in 1989, having come apparently from nowhere, and was an immediate commercial success. Lacking the tall and lanky physical appearance typical of some male country stars, he successfully integrated pop and rock elements into his recordings and live performances. He soon began to dominate the country singles and country albums charts and quickly crossed over into the mainstream pop arena, selling records like no one else in country music ever had and exposing country music to a larger audience than previously thought possible.

Brooks enjoyed one of the most successful careers in popular music history, with over 70 hit singles and 15 charted albums to his credit and over 115 million albums sold in the US alone, breaking records for both sales and concert attendance throughout the 1990s. Possibly dissatisfied and looking to expand his career boundaries, he then attempted an artistically ambitious (but uncompleted) multimedia project involving a fictitious alter ego.

Troubled by the conflicts between career and family, the year after the decade ended Garth Brooks announced his retirement from recording and performing, thereby disappearing from the music world as suddenly as he had come.

Recently he has announced his return to live performances by agreeing to a 5 year 15 show a year contract in Vegas. His plan is to finish this contract, write some new stuff, and wait for his youngest daughter to go off to school, and then he plans to return to touring with his wife.

I Heard It Through The Grapevine
Garth Brooks Lyrics

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Ooh, I bet you're wondering how I knew
'Bout you're plans to make me blue
With some other guy that 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.
Don't you know

I heard it through the grapevine
Not much longer would you be mine.
Oh I heard it through the grapevine,
Oh and I'm just about to lose my mind.
Honey, honey yeah.
(Heard it through the grapevine)
(Not much longer would you be mine baby)

I know that a man ain't supposed to cry,
But these tears I can't hold inside.
'Cause 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,
Oh and I'm just about to lose my mind.
Honey, honey yeah.
(Heard it through the grapevine)
(Not much longer would you be mine baby)

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?
Don't you know

I heard it through the grapevine
Not much longer would you be mine.
Oh I heard it through the grapevine,
Oh and I'm just about to lose my mind.
Honey, honey yeah.
(Heard it through the grapevine)
(Not much longer would you be mine baby)
(Yeah yeah yeah)

Honey honey I know (Heard it through the grapevine)
That you're letting me go (Not much longer would you be mine baby)
I heard it through the grapevine (Heard it through the grapevine)
(Not much longer would you be mine baby)
(Yeah yeah yeah)

(Heard it through the grapevine)

(Not much longer would you be mine baby)
(Yeah yeah yeah)

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Garth Brooks’s song “I Heard It Through the Grapevine” are about a man who discovers that his girlfriend is planning to leave him for another man. The lyrics suggest that the singer has been hearing rumors about his girlfriend’s plans, and that he is almost at the point of losing his sanity because he cannot understand why she would want to leave him. Throughout the song, the singer expresses his love for his girlfriend and his confusion about the situation.

The first verse of the song sets up the story, with the singer acknowledging that he has heard rumors about his girlfriend’s affair. He professes his love for her and reveals that he is now aware that she plans to leave him for someone else. The second verse is more emotional, with the singer admitting that he is unable to hold back his tears at the thought of losing her. He again emphasizes his love for her and asks why she could not have told him about the affair herself.

The chorus of the song, which is repeated multiple times throughout, echoes the singer’s despair, with the repeated refrain of “Not much longer would you be mine”, serving as a reminder that his girlfriend is planning to leave him. The song ends with the singer accepting that his girlfriend is leaving him, and acknowledging that he heard this news through rumors, or by “grapevine.”

I Heard It Through The GrapevineGarth Brooks Lyrics

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I Heard It Through The Grapevine
Garth Brooks Lyrics