feat. Tammi Terrell
  
  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 got your picture hangin' on the wall
  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
  
  Ain't nothing like the real thing, baby
  Ain't nothing like the real thing
  
  I play the game, a fantasy
  I pretend 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 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 phone
  I'm well aware nothing can take the place of being there
  
  So let me get the real thing
  So let me get 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