Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing

Album: You're All I Need (1967)
Charted: 34 8
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  • 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
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Comments: 3

  • George from Louisville, Ky2 sweet voices putting it all together. Doesn't get any better than that.
  • Camille from Toronto, OhMarvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell---born to sing together. Their voices are like the equivalent vocal candy mixture of peanut butter & chocolate, so sweet and satisfying together! I can still picture Tammi Terrell in her green tent dress from the 60s on the cover of their albumn. Great song. Great albumn.
  • Sara from Silver Spring, MdMichael McDonald also did a version of this on his Motown tribute CD... quite a shame about his duet partner (Marvin's though)
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