I got your picture hanging on the wall

But it can't seem to come to me when I call your name

I realise its 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 whisper 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

See I play my game a fantasy but I pretend I'm not in reality

I need your arms your shelter 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 better

Lets stay together

The real thing baby

Ain't nothing like the real thing baby

The real thing baby

Ain't nothing like the real thing

Yeah yeah yeah yeah

Ain't nothing ain't nothing like the real thing babe

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, ain't nothing like the real thing babe

Ain't nothing like the real thing, real thing, real thing, real thing

Ain't nothing like the real thing

Real real real reeeeal