[Chorus: Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell]
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

[Verse 1: Tammi Terrell]
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, hoo

[Chorus: Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell, Marvin Gaye]
Ain't nothing like the real thing, baby
Ain't nothing like the real thing (Oh no, no, no)
Ain't nothing like the real thing, baby
Ain't nothing like the real thing

[Verse 2: Marvin Gaye]
I read your letters when you're not near me
But they don't movе me, and they don't groove mе like when I hear
Your sweet voice whispering in my ear

[Bridge: Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell, Marvin Gaye]
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 (Woo)
[Chorus: Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell, Marvin Gaye]
So glad we got the real thing, baby
So glad we got the real thing (Oh)
So glad we got the real thing, baby
So glad we got the real thing

[Bridge: Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell]
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

[Chorus: Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell, Tammi Terrell]
So glad we got the real thing, baby
So glad we got the real thing
Oh baby, I'm so glad we got the real thing, baby, mhm
So glad we got the real thing

[Outro: Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell]
Oh Tammi, Tammi, I love you, and I want you to know
(So glad, so glad, so glad, ooh-hoo)
I'm so glad, baby, we got the real thing
(So glad we got the real thing)
Baby, I know that you know that I know that you love me, yeah
(So glad, so glad, so glad, ooh-hoo)
And I'm so glad, so glad we got the real thing
(So glad we got the real thing)
We got it, baby, we got it, oh
(So glad, so glad, so glad, ooh-hoo)
Honey, I'm glad we got the real thing
(So glad we got the real thing)
Woo-hoo, I'm so glad, so glad, baby, yeah
(So glad, so glad, so glad, ooh-hoo)
So glad we got the real thing
(So glad, so glad, so glad, ooh-hoo)
Oh baby, don't ever leave me, don't ever leave me
No, no, no