Featuring: Tammi Terrell
[ Marvin: ] Oooo, baby.
[ Tammi & backup singers: ]
Ain't nothin' like the real thing, baby.
Ain't nothin' like the real thing.
[ Marvin: ] No, no.
[ Tammi & backup singers: ]
Ain't nothin' like the real thing, baby.
Ain't nothin' like the real thing.
[ Marvin: ] Oh, honey.
[ Tammi: ]
I've 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 in a frame.
[ Marvin: ]
Ooo, 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.
[ Tammi: ] Don't you know,
[ Tammi & backup singers: ]
Ain't nothin' like the real thing, baby.
Ain't nothin' like the real thing.
[ Tammi: ]
I play my game pf fantasy.
[ Find more Lyrics at www.mp3lyrics.org/gfT ]
I pretend, but I know in reality.
I need the shelter of your arms to comfort me.
[ Tammi & backup singers: ]
No other sound is quite the same as your name.
No touch can do half as much
[ Marvin: ] To make me feel better.
[ Tammi: ] So let's stay together.
[ Marvin: ]
I got some mem'ries to look back on.
And though they help, when you're gone,
I'm well aware,
Nothin' can take the place of your being there.
[ Tammi & Marvin: ]
Ohh, so, glad we get the real thing, baby.
So, glad we get the real thing.
[ Tammi: ] Oh, honey.
[ Marvin: ] Baby. So glad.
[ Tammi: ] Ain't nothin' like the real thing, baby.
[ Marvin: ] So glad. Oh, darlin'.
[ Tammi: ] Ain't nothin' like the real thing.)
[ Tammi: ] Talk to me.
[ Tammi: ] Ain't nothin' like the real thing, baby.
[ Marvin: ] Ooo, so glad.
[ Tammi: ] Ain't nothin' like the real thing.
[ AIN'T NOTHIN' LIKE THE REAL THING ]
[ Written by: Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson
Performed by: Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell*
Appears on: You're All I Need-1968, Greatest Hits-1971, AM Gold: 1968
(Various Artists)-1990, 20th Century Masters: The Millennium
Collection-2000, The Complete Duets-2001, et al. ] |
