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

 I've got your picture hanging on the wall
 But 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 here
 But they don't move me and they don't groove me
 Like when I hear your sweet voice
 Whispering in my ear

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 I Play my game of fantasy
 And I pretend that 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 quite as much
 To make me feel better
 So let's stay together

 I've got the memories to look back on
 And though they help me when you're gone
 I'm well aware
 But nothing can take the place of your being there

 So glad we've got the real thing, Baby
 So glad we've got the real thing
 Ain't nothing like the real thing, Baby
 Ain't nothing like the real thing