(If I can't have you)
(Got to be you)
(Real thing)
(If I can't have you)
(Got to be you)
(Real thing)

Come on stay tonight
Come on soothe my mind
Oh honey (got to be you, real thing)

I've been holdin' on 
I've been lookin' for the real thing
Waitin' patiently but I never stopped believin'
Say I'm chasin' rainbows livin' in a dream
Girl I kept my fantasy I'm never givin' in
I'll tell you why, oh why

If I can't have you 
I don't want nobody baby
Girl it's got be you 
Oh I need the real thing
If I can't have you 
I don't want nobody baby
Girl it's got be you 
I don't need no substitute
I need the real thing

Had a part-time love 
But I never fell completely
But when you touch me there 
Ooh you get me reelin' yes you do
Can I dare to wonder 
If it could be you
Girl you set my heart on fire 
When I dream of you
I wanna fly, oh so very high

If I can't have you 
I don't want nobody baby
Girl it's got be you 
Oh I need the real thing
If I can't have you 
I don't want nobody baby
Girl it's got be you 
I don't need no substitute
I need the real thing

(If I can't have you)
(Got to be you)
(Real thing)
Come on stay tonight 
Come on soothe my mind oh honey 
(got to be you, real thing)
Come on stay tonight 
Come on soothe my mind oh honey 
(got to be you, real thing)