There ain’t nothing like the real thing, baby
There ain’t nothing like the real thing
There ain’t nothing like the real thing, baby
There ain’t nothing like the real thing

I see your picture hanging on the wall
But it can’t sing or come to me when I call your name
I realize it’s just a picture in a frame
And I read your letters when you’re not here
They don’t move me, they don’t groove me
Like when I hear your sweet voice whispering in my ear

There ain’t nothing like the real thing, baby
There ain’t nothing like the real thing

No other sound is quite the same as your name
No touch can do half as much to make me feel better
Let’s stay together, together, baby
Together, yeah, together, together

I got some memories to look back on
And though they help when you phone
I’m well aware nothing takes the place of your being there

There ain’t nothing, there ain’t nothing like the real thing, baby
There ain’t nothing like the real thing (not like the real thing)
There ain’t nothing like the real thing (not like the real thing)
There ain’t nothing like the real thing (not like the real thing)
Oh, oh, there ain’t nothing like the real thing (not like the real thing)
There ain’t nothing like the real thing (not like the real thing)
The real, the real, there ain’t nothing like the real thing (not like the real thing)
The real, the real, the real, the real thing, oh, the real thing (not like the real thing)
(Not like the real thing)