Real Thing - Joe South

Alright

Some people get their kicks

When they bring confusion

Comin' on with miracle licks

But it’s only illusion

And all the while your real thing

Talkin' 'bout your real thing

Just ride on by you

Hey, hey, yeah

Well, I’m not here to meet

Your expectations

'Specially while you’re out in the street

Chasin' cheap imitations

I’m here to tell ya that your real thing

You better believe this real thing

Slids right on by you

Well, grass looks so much greener

In somebody else’s backyard

I hate to be the one to heave it to you, baby

But truth is bound to hit you hard

I know it’s kinda hard for you to get to

But I can’t be controlled

Try to find it often, baby

Right before it’s sold

Yeah

Hey, hey, yeah

Baby, you have no idea

What I’ve just been through

And there are no more corners here

That they can back us into

They’re all lookin' for the real thing

So don’t you ever let your real thing

Get away from you

Hey, child, now, now

Say, you gonna lose it

Whoa, come on now

You gonna lose it

Keep your eyes on the real thing

Whatever you do

Don’t go wrong, it’s a real thing

Don’t run away from it

Talkin' 'bout your real thing

Ol' forty second hand deal thing

Can’t be plastic, fantastic, elastic

Oo-aww, gotta have it now

'Cause that’s the real thing

Yeah, yeah

Yeah, yeah, Yeah