Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell

[Intro: Marvin Gaye]
Ooh, baby

[Chorus: Marvin Gaye and Both]
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

[Verse 1: Tammi Terrell and Marvin Gaye]
I've got your picture hanging on the wall
But it can't see or come to me when I call your name
I realized it's just a picture in a frame
Ooh, 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?

[Chorus: Both]
Ain't nothing like the real thing, baby
Ain't nothing like the real thing

[Verse 2; Tammi Terrell]
I play my game of fantasy
I pretend, but I know in reality
I need the shelter of your arms to comfort me