(duet with muffy hendrix)

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’ve 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

i read your letters when you’re not here
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
ain’t nothing like the real thing, baby
ain’t nothing like the real thing

i play my game of fantasy
and i pretend that 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 quite as much
to make me feel better
so let’s stay together

i’ve got the memories to look back on
and though they help me when you’re gone
i’m well aware
but nothing can take the place of your being there

so glad we’ve got the real thing, baby
so glad we’ve got the real thing
ain’t nothing like the real thing, baby
ain’t nothing like the real thing

once my clothes where shabbie
tailors called me cabbie
so i took a vow
said this bummo bee bo borammo
now i’m smooth and snappy
now my tailors happy
i’m the cats meow
my wordrobe is a wow
paris silk,haris tweed
there’s only one thing i need
got my tweed press
got my best vest
all i need now is the girl
got my striped tie
got my hopes high
got the time and the place
and i got rhythm
now all i need is the girl to go with ‘em
if she’ll just apear
we’ll take this big town for a whirl
and if she’ll say
my darlin i’m yours i’ll through away
my stiped tie and my best dress tweed
all i really need is the girl
(talk) i start easy you see
now i’m more deberner
break
da’da’da’da’da
da’da’da’da’da’da
(talk)and now i sell it here
how can she resist
and if she’ll say
my darlin i’m yours i’ll through away
my striped tie and my best dress tweed
all i really need
is the girl

all, or nothing at all
half a love, never appeal to me
if your heart never could heal to me
then i rather have nothing at all
all, or nothing at all
if it’s love, there is no in between
why begin then cry for
something that might have been
no i rather have nothing at all
so please don’t bring your lips
so close to my cheek
so don’t smile or i’ll be lost
beyone recall
the kiss in your eyes
the touch of your hand makes me weak
and my heart may go dizzy and fall
and if i fell under the spell
of your call
i would be caught in the undertoe
so you’ll see
i’ve got to say no no
all or nothing at all
all or nothing at all

all the time i thought
there’s only me
crazy in a way
that no one else could be
i would have given everything i own
if someone would have said you’re not alone

all the time i thought
that i was wrong
wanting to be me,but needing to belong
if i had just believed in all i had
if someone would have said you’re not so bad

all the time, all the wasted time
all the years, waiting for a sign
to think i had it all
all the time

all the time i thought
there’s only me
crazy in way that no one else could be
i can’t believe that you where somewhere too
thinking all the time there’s only you

all the time, all the wasted time
all the years, waiting for a sign
to think i had it all
all the time

when somebody loves you
it’s no good unless she loves you - all the way
happy to be near you
when you need someone to cheer you - all the way
taller than the tallest tree is
that’s how it’s got to feel
deeper than the deep blue sea is
that’s how deep it goes - if its real
when somebody needs you
it’s no good unless she needs you - all the way
through the good or lean years
and for all the in between years - come what may
who know where the road will lead us
only a fool would say
but if you’ll let me love you
it’s for sure i’m gonna love you - all the way
all the way
when somebody needs you
it’s no good unless she needs you - all the way
through the good or lean years
and for all the in between years - come what may
who know where the road will lead us
only a fool would say
but if you’ll let me love you
it’s for sure i’m gonna love you - all the way
all the way