I was playin' pinball, drinkin' my last call alone 
She was leanin' in that doorway lookin' like a sure way home 
She said, I like the way you handle that machine 
I'm into playin', if you know what I mean 
So if you're tired of mediocrity 
I bet you I can make you see 

You ain't really had the real thing 
'Til I get you into my thing 
There ain't nothin' left to explain 
Once you really had the real thing 
You ain't really had the real thing 
'Til I get you into my thing 
There ain't nothin' left to explain 
Once you really had the real thing 

I read the look on her face, took her off to my place fast 
Man, she wasn't foolin', she could make a good thing last 
Up all night until the break of dawn 
She was leavin' I was already gone 
She whispered call me when you've had some rest 
I closed my eyes and I confessed 

I ain't never had the real thing 
Til' you got me into your thing 
There ain't nothin' left to explain 
Once you really had the real thing 
I ain't never had the real thing 
Til' you got me into your thing 
There ain't nothin' left to explain 
Once you really had the real thing 

I aint never had the real thing 
Til' you got me into your thing 
There ain't nothin' left to explain 
Once you really had the real thing