There Are Things

Oh 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 hanging 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



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



Don't you know

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 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

Though they help when you're gone, I'm well aware

Nothing can take the place of you being there



So glad we got the real thing, baby

So glad we got the real thing, oh, Marvin

Ain't nothing like the real thing, baby

Ain't nothing like the real thing, talk to me

Ain't nothing like the real thing, baby

Ain't nothing like the real thing