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 hangin' on the wall
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
Ain't nothing like the real thing, baby
Ain't nothing like the real thing
I play the game, a fantasy
I pretend I'm not 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
And though they help me when you phone
I'm well aware nothing can take the place of being there
So let me get the real thing
So let me get 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
You're all I need to get by.
Like the sweet morning dew, I took one look at you,
And it was plain to see,
you were my destiny. With my arms open wide,
I threw away my pride
I'll sacrifice for you
Dedicate my life for you
I will go where you lead
Always there in time of need
And when I lose my will
You'll be there to push me up the hill
There's no, no looking back for us
We got love sure 'nough, that's enough
You're all, You're All I need to get by.
I all, you're all I want to strive for and do a little more
All, all the joys under the sun wrapped up into one
You're all, You're all I need to get by.
You're all I need to get by.
Like an eagle protects his nest, for you I'll do my best,
Stand by you like a tree, dare anybody to try and move me
Darling in you I found
Strength where I was torn down
Don't know what's in store but together we can open any door
Just to do what's good for you and inspire you a little higher
I know you can make a man out of a soul that didn't have a goal
Cause we, we got the right foundation and with love and determination
You're all, You're All I need to get by.
I all, you're all I want to strive for and do a little more
All, all the joys under the sun wrapped up into one
You're all, You're all I need to get by.
M: Keep on lovin' me honey, keep on lovin' me true
T: Baby, I'm gonna love you no matter what you do
M: Just so long as I can have it all, nothin' but you
BOTH: So don't you take your love, don't take it away from me
T: 'Cause I would stop right where I stand
M: I'd just be afraid of a man
BOTH: Don't you take your love, don't take it away from me
'Cause if you leave you might as well take the air I breathe
M: Keep on lovin' me honey, don't you go nowhere
T: Don't you know I'm satisfied with your tender care?
M: And I get my inspiration, darlin', just knowin' you're there
BOTH: So don't you take your love, don't take it away from me
T: 'Cause like a leaf out on a tree
M: You've become a part of me
BOTH: Don't you take your love, don't take it away from me
'Cause if you leave you might as well take the air I breathe
BOTH: Would you take the heavens out of the sky
Imagine what the world would be like if the rivers ran dry
M: Oh Tammi
T: What good am I without you
M: I can't do without you, darlin'
BOTH: Like a sea wihout a shore
Kicking forever more
M: Keep on lovin' me honey, don't you change your mind
T: Sugar, I can't bear the thought of ever leavin' you behind
M: No matter what I do, another you I'll never find
BOTH: So don't you take your love, don't take it away from me
T: 'Cause I would stop right where I stand
M: I'd just be afraid of a man
BOTH: Don't you take your love, don't take it away from me
'Cause if you leave you might as well take the air I breathe
If you leave you might as well take the air I breathe
Don't you take your love, don't take it away from me
'Cause I need your love, I need you so desperately
Don't you take your love, don't take it away from me
...and fade
You think you're so way out
And you got all the action
Still you can't find no satisfaction
Baby - try me, and I'll make you see
You ain't livin' until you're lovin', baby
You ain't livin' until you're lovin', baby
Ooh, until you fall you ain't livin' at all
Ah ah, at all
You like to kiss and run
And that's where it is
'Cause somebody told you
love was heartaches and tears
baby, although you're free
I'll make you see
You ain't livin' until you're lovin', baby
You ain't livin' until you're lovin', baby
Oh, until you fall you ain't livin' at all
You ain't livin' at all
To be in love, I know it's not your ambition
but before you go, think about my proposition
you may conquer the world and be king on a throne
but you still ain't nobody, baby
when you're sittin' all alone
You ain't livin' until you're lovin', baby
You ain't livin' until you're lovin', baby
Ooh, until you fall you ain't livin' at all
(repeat)
You can try to win my love, but it's just too late
Try & try again, but to lose me is your fate
You can walk the streets till your feet refuse
But you won't find me; you'll find only the blues
Oh nothin' but the blues, oh baby
So give in, you just can't win
So give in, you just can't win
No, you just can't win
MG: Oh baby, baby, honey
You did me wrong when my love was true
You just led me on; now I've gone away from you, darlin'
If you call me on the phone to remove your pain
There'll be a busy signal, or else an endless ring
Oh nothin' but a ring, oh baby
So give in, you just can't win
So give in, you just can't win, oh
TT: Oh baby, give in
(instrumental)
MG: Tell me, what do you get when you call me, honey?
TT: Just an endless ring, oh nothin' but a ring, oh baby
BOTH: So give in, you just can't win
So give in, you just can't win
TT: No, you just can't win
MG: Oh oh oh oh
TT: Oh baby give in, you know you just can't win
MG: Don't want your love no more, darlin'
TT: This stuff has got to stop
MG: Ah I can't stand it
TT: Don't need the love you got
MG: I don't want your love no more
TT: I've tried it before
MG: I don't want you no more, baby
TT: I don't need you no more
...& fade
TT: Ooo here I am alone, thinkin' aimlessly
Seein' other girls in love & wishin' it were me
If I could only find the key & make love come my way
I would trade this loneliness for true love any day
BOTH: When love comes knockin' at my heart
I'm surely gonna let it in
When love comes knockin' at my heart
Happiness will surely begin
TT: Oh darlin', MG: Oh darlin'
TT: Oh darlin', MG: Oh darlin'
MG: Emptiness is in the air & all around me gloom
As I gaze through the window of my lonely room
I hate to get up in the mornin' 'cause I know what lies ahead
Where there should be a cheerful smile, there's loneliness instead
(chorus)
BOTH: When love comes knockin' at my heart
I'm surely gonna let it in
When love comes knockin' at my heart
Happiness will surely begin
MG: Oh if you've never been in love, darlin'
Then you're just like me, now
TT: Don't you get lonely? What am I to be?
Oh darlin', MG: Oh darlin'
TT: Oh darlin', MG: Oh darlin'
TT: Oh darlin', MG: Oh darlin'
TT: Oh darlin', MG: Oh darlin'
TT: My heart's full of envy for the girl who lives next door
She has so many things that I've never had before
MG: She possesses one thing I've never had a chance to get
That's someone to call her own & there's one thing you can bet
BOTH: When love comes knockin' at my heart
I'm surely gonna let it in
When love comes knockin' at my heart
Happiness will surely begin
TT: Oh darlin', MG: Oh darlin'
TT: Oh darlin', MG: Oh darlin'
TT: When love comes, I'm gonna let it in
Because I know I'll be happy then
Loneliness will be no more
When love comes, gonna open that door
When love comes, when love comes
Oh darlin', when love comes
...& fade
T: Hey Marvin! M: Yeah Tammi?
T: Listen to me baby
Take a plane a million miles and stay 100 years
And come back baby, and I'll be waiting here
I'll be true to you, I ain't goin' nowhere
'Cause this love I have is just for you to share
BOTH: Can't help but love you, can't help but love you, baby
Can't help but love you, ooo
M: I don't care to know how far I have to fly
I don't care to know how many stars are in the sky
There's just one thing, baby, that I've got to know
Will you love me forever, never let me go?
Oh Tammi! T: Yeah Marvin? M: Oh baby
BOTH: I'll be lovin' you, I can't help myself
I'll be lovin' you and nobody else
I'll be lovin' you, oh yes I will
T: Till I'm old and gray
M: Till my heart stands still, oh Tammi!
T: Oh Marvin, tell me why do you love me?
M: I was just a rollin' stone goin' nowhere
Empty like a hollow room filled with despair
Then, like a rainbow and a pot of gold
You came into my life and you saved my very soul
BOTH: Can't help but love you, can't help but love you, baby
Can't help but love you
M: Tell me, why do you love me?
T: I was so alone like a leaf without a tree
When out of the darkness your love lifted me
And I'm so grateful, baby I'm so glad
'Cause your sweet sweet love is the best I've ever had
(repeat and fade):
BOTH: Can't help but love you, can't help but love you, baby
Can't help but love you, ooo
I'll be lovin' you, I can't help myself
I'll be lovin' you and nobody else
I'll be lovin' you, oh yes I will
T: Till I'm old and gray
M: Till my heart stands still
TT: There's a spark inside my heart
That sets my soul on fire & keeps the flame inside me
I love it, Marvin
MG: Baby, just like the glow from out the night
When you're near, I feel all right
Somethin' inside me keeps me yearnin', ooo baby
BOTH: I'll never stop lovin' you baby, no no no no
TT: I'll never stop lovin' you, Marvin, no no no no
TT: Near to you, I'm sure I'll rhyme
Every dream that's passed through my mind
Simply because your love makes me believe
MG: Near to you, I feel so strong
& I know I can right any wrong
Lovin' you gives me the power that I always need
BOTH: I'll never stop lovin' you baby, no no no no
TT: I'll never stop lovin' you, Marvin, no no no no
MG: Baby, tell me baby
TT: Oh baby, right from the start, you showed you cared
Every moment that we ever shared
Has brought me one step closer, oh to you
MG: That one day, honey, since we met
Have you surely one reason to regret?
Givin' my love to you, dear
BOTH: I'll never stop lovin' you baby, no no no no
TT: I'll never stop lovin' you, Marvin, no no no no
MG: Tammi, I'll never stop, stop--BOTH: No no no no
TT: I'll never stop lovin' you, no no no no
...& fade
MG: Oh baby, there's a letter on the floor
That I just can't read no more
'Cause the words upon its face are sayin' goodbye
There's a plate upon the table
Filled with food I could not eat
There's a made-up bed in the bedroom where I couldn't sleep
I just sit & weep
Oh baby, that's how it is since you've been gone
That's how it is, I'm so all alone
TT: Now the curtains are drawn in my lonely room
& the darkness fills the air
& this old empty heart of mine is in despair
Even though the tears I shed
Washed the words away
I could still remember every word you had to say
They just wouldn't go away
Oh baby, that's how it is since you've been gone
That's how it is, I'm so all alone
(instrumental)
MG: Oh baby, you knew right from the start
That my heart was in your hands
TT: & your every, every wish, boy, was my command
That's why I can't understand
How you could leave me here helpless, dear
Alone & afraid, oh how could such a mistake be made?
But that's how it is since you've been gone
That's how it is, I'm so alone, oh baby
BOTH (repeat & fade):
That's how it is since you've been gone
That's how it is, I'm so alone
TT: Every little kiss you give to me I'll store in my memory chest
Even all the tears I shed will be there along with your warm caress
Oh darling, there's no need for me to pretend
That this love will never end
It's possible, you see
So I'll store them away in my memory chest just for me
MG: Oh oh every letter that you write to me I'll store in my memory chest
Oh Tammi, so I can look back & read the words & I'll reminisce
I'm not sayin' that you're gonna leave me
But there's one thing I do believe
It's possible, you see
So I'll store them away in my memory chest just for me, oh oh
(Backing: In my memory chest, baby; let me reminisce, baby)
BOTH: Every kiss, each caress, or your love & tenderness
You promised that our love would last till the end of time
TT: Just in case you see another girl that will change your mind
BOTH: Ooo oooo
TT: Every happy moment that I spend with you I'll store in my memory chest
MG: Oh baby, you have filled my life, my nights with much love & tenderness
BOTH: Oh darlin', there's no need for me to pretend
That this love will never end
It's possible, you see
TT: So I'll store them away in my memory chest, every little thing
MG: Baby, I'll store them in my memory chest
TT: Every letter, baby
MG: Oh I'll store them, darlin'
(repeat & fade):
BOTH: Just for me