Ain’t nothing like 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

I got your picture hanging on my wall
But it can’t seem to come to me
When I call your name
I realized it’s just a picture in a frame

I read your letters but you’re not here
They don’t move me, they don’t groove me
Like when I hear
Your sweet voice whispering in my ear

I play my games of fantasy
I pretend I don’t see reality
I need the shelter of your arms to comfort me

I got some memories to look back on
Though they help me when you’re gone
I’m well aware
Nothing can take the place of you being there

No other sound is quite the same as your name
No touch can do half as much
To make me feel better
Let’s stay together

I’m so
So glad we got the real thing, baby
So glad we got the real thing
Ain’t nothing like the real thing, baby
Ain’t nothing like the real thing
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– Versione “Ain’t nothing like the real thing” di Beyonce

There ain’t nothing
Like the real thing
Baby
There ain’t nothing
Like the real thing

There ain’t nothing
Like the real thing
Baby
There ain’t nothing
Like the real thing

I see your picture
Hanging on the wall
But it can’t sing
Or come to me
When I call your name
I realize it’s just
A picture in a frame

And I read your letters
When you’re not here
They don’t move me
They don’t groove me
Like when I hear
Your sweet voice
Whispering in my ear

There ain’t nothing
Like the real thing
Baby
There ain’t nothing
Like the real thing

No other sound is quite
The same as your name
No touch can do
Half as much
To make me feel better

Let’s stay together
Together, baby
Together, yeah
Together, together

I got some memories
To look back on
And though they help
When you phone
I’m well aware
Nothing takes
The place
Of your being there

There ain’t nothing
There ain’t nothing
Like the real thing
Baby
There ain’t nothing
Like the real thing

(Not like the real thing)
There ain’t nothing
Like the real thing
(Not like the real thing)
There ain’t nothing
Like the real thing
(Not like the real thing)

Oh, oh
There ain’t nothing
Like the real thing
(Not like the real thing)
There ain’t nothing
Like the real thing

The real, the real
There ain’t nothing
Like the real thing
(Not like the real thing)
The real, the real
The real thing

Oh, the real thing
(Not like the real thing)
(Not like the real thing)
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versione di Michael Jackson

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)
Ain’t nothing like the real thing

Ooh, I’ve got your picture
Hanging on the wall
But it can’t see or come to me
When I call your name
(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
(When I hear your voice)
Your sweet voice
Whispering in my ear
(In my ear)

No other sound is quite the same
As your name
(Quite the same as your name)
Your touch can do half this much
To make me feel better
So let’s stay together

Ooh, I got memories to look back on
Though they help when you’re gone
I’m well aware
(I’m well aware)
Nothing can take the place of your being there
(Being there)

Ain’t nothing like the real thing, baby
(Ain’t nothing)
Ain’t nothing like the real thing
Ooh, baby
Ain’t nothing like the real thing, baby
(Ain’t nothing)
Ain’t nothing like the real thing

Ooh, baby
Ain’t nothing like the real thing, baby
Ain’t nothing like the real thing