Ooh, baby

Ain't nothing like the real thing, baby

Ain't nothing like the real thing

No, no, ain't nothing like the real thing, baby

Ain't nothing like the real thing Oh honey, I got your picture hangin' on the wall

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

I realize it's just a picture inside a frame Ooh, I read your letters when you're not near me

But they don't move me, and they don't groove me like when I hear

Your sweet voice whispering in my ear Don'cha know, ain't nothing like the real thing, baby

Ain't nothing like the real thing I played my game, a fantasy

I pretend, but I know 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 half as much to make me feel better

So, let's stay together I got some memories to look back on

And though they help me when you're gone

I'm well aware nothin' can take the place of your being there

Oh, so glad we got the real thing, baby

So glad we got the real thing

Oh, Marvin, so good, ain't nothing like the real thing, baby, so good

Ain't nothing like the real thing

Talk to me, ain't nothing like the real thing, baby, oh I'm so glad

Ain't nothing like the real thing