Ain't nothing like the real thing baby

Ain't nothing like the real thing no no

Ain't nothing like the real thing baby

Ain't nothing like the real thing

No honey

I got your picture hangin' on the wall

It can't see or come to me

When I call your name

I realize it's just a picture in a frame

I read your letters when you're not near

But they don't move me

And they don't groove me

Like when I hear your sweet voice

Whispering in my ear

Don't you know

Ain't nothing like the real thing baby

Ain't nothing like the real thing

I play the game a fantasy

I pretend but I'm not in reality

I need the shelter of your arms to comfort me

No other sound is quite the same as your name

No touch can do half

As much to make me feel better

So let's stay together

I got some memories to look back on

Though they help me when you phone

I'm well aware

Nothing can take the place of being there

Oh so let me get the real thing baby

So let me get the real thing

So let me get the real thing

Ain't nothing like the real thing baby

No other sound is quite the same as your name

No touch can do half as much to make me feel better

So let's stay together

So let me get the real thing

So let me get the real thing

So let me get the real thing

Ain't nothing like the real thing baby

So let me get the real thing

So let me get the real thing

So let me get the real thing

Ain't nothing like the real thing

So let me get the real thing