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Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing (album version) Lyrics
Ooh, hey.
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.
Oh honey.
I've got your picture hanging on the wall,
But it can't see or some to me when I call your name.
I realize it's just a picture in a frame.
Ooh, 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 my game of fantasy.
I pretend, but I know 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. (Oh, ooh.)
I got some memories to look back on.
And though they help me when you're gone,
I'm well aware
Nothing can take the place of your being there.
Oh.
So glad we got the real thing, baby.
So glad we got the real thing.
Oh Marvin. (I know, honey.)
Ain't nothing like the real thing, baby. (So glad, so glad.)
(Oh darling.) Ain't nothing like the real thing.
Talk to me.
(Ooh.) Ain't nothing like the real thing, baby. (Oh, I'm so glad.)
Ain't nothing like the real thing.
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.
Oh honey.
But it can't see or some to me when I call your name.
I realize it's just a picture in a frame.
Ooh, 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.
Ain't nothing like the real thing.
I pretend, but I know in reality,
I need the shelter of your arms to comfort me.
No touch can do half as much to make me feel better.
So let's stay together. (Oh, ooh.)
And though they help me when you're gone,
I'm well aware
Nothing can take the place of your being there.
Oh.
So glad we got the real thing.
Oh Marvin. (I know, honey.)
Ain't nothing like the real thing, baby. (So glad, so glad.)
(Oh darling.) Ain't nothing like the real thing.
Talk to me.
(Ooh.) Ain't nothing like the real thing, baby. (Oh, I'm so glad.)
Ain't nothing like the real thing.
Song Info
Submitted by
rhuba25 On Jun 01, 2025
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