Gaye Marvin Ain`t Nothing Like The Real Thing Lyrics

Ain`t Nothing Like The Real Thing Lyrics

(Nickolas Ashford/Valerie Simpson) 

 

 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 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

 

 Ain't nothing like the real thing, baby

 Ain't nothing like the real thing

 

 I play the game, a fantasy

 I pretend 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

 And though they help me when you phone

 I'm well aware nothing can take the place of being there

 

 So 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

 

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