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 thingI 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 frameI 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 earAin't nothing like the real thing, baby

Ain't nothing like the real thingI play the game, a fantasy, I pretend I'm not in reality

I need the shelter of your arms to comfort meNo 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 togetherI got some memories to look back on

And though they help me when you phone

I'm well aware nothing can take the place of being thereSo let me get the real thing, so let me get 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