Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing

Ain't nothing like the real thing, baby

Ain't nothing like the real thing

Ain't nothing like the real thing, baby

Ain't nothing like the real thing

I've got your picture hanging on the wall

But 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 here

But they don't move me and they don't groove me

Like when I hear your sweet voice

Whispering in my ear

Ain't nothing like the real thing, baby

Ain't nothing like the real thing

Ain't nothing like the real thing, baby

Ain't nothing like the real thing

I play my game of fantasy

And I pretend that 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 quite as much

To make me feel better

So let's stay together

I've got the memories to look back on

And though they help me when you're gone

I'm well aware

But nothing can take the place of your being there

So glad we've got the real thing, baby

So glad we've got the real thing

Ain't nothing like the real thing, baby

Ain't nothing like the real thing