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'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
  
   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 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