[Verse 1]
Why do you grow that way
Leaning out from under all the other trees?
Trying to find a window to the sunlight
Are you hoping that he sees?
Are you hoping that he sees?

It's funny like the way we are as people
Always want to catch the eye of a star
Just to get a nod and a smile
They’ll say "You're gonna go so far"

[Chorus]
You're the real thing
You’re the real thing
You're the real thing

[Verse 2]
[Marianna?] grew up in the movies
In the magic of a moving picture show
Always she was the entertainer
She made a dark room glow

Specially she danced for her daddy
How she loved to see the twinkle in his eye
Take his mind off of the money
A bright light in a dark old time
[Chorus]
You're the real thing
You're the real thing
You're the real thing