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 my 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 near But they don't move me, and they don't groove me Like when I hear your sweet voice Whispering in my ear, oh Ain't nothing like the real thing, baby Ain't nothing like the real thing I play my game, a fantasy, I pretend, but I know we 've 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 Ooh, I got some memories to look back on Though they help me when you're gone Well, oh well, nothing can take the place of you being there So glad we got the real thing, baby So glad we got the real thing, no, no 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 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 Ain't nothing like the real thing, baby Ain't nothing like the real thing