"Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing" Lyrics

Oooh, 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 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.
Oooh, I read your letters when you're not near me,
But they don't groove me and they don't move 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.)
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.)
(So glad, so glad.) Ain't nothing like the real thing, baby.
(Oh, baby.) Ain't nothing like the real thing.
Talk to me.
(Oooh.) Ain't nothing like the real thing, baby.
(Oh, I'm so glad.) Ain't nothing like the real thing.