the real thing

Lyrics

it's real, yeah so real, yeah, a mongoose can smile at a cobra, but that cobra will always be a snake, diamante can shine like a diamond, but you know, like i know that rock will be fake, it's the real thing, the real thing, nothing but the real thing, it's real, it's the real thing, the real thing, nothing but the real thing, it's real, it's real, yeah, so real, yeah, you can xerox the mona lisa, deadpan da vinci in every detail, might beat customs on a home made visa, but false papers only gets you in jail, it's the real thing, the real thing, nothing but the real thing, it's real, it's the real thing, the real thing, nothing but the real thing, it's real, it's real, yeah, so real, yeah, life wears a smile on its face, but it comes with a sting in its tail, make believe fables have their place, but only a fool, only a fool, only a fool believes fairy tales, i heard all the lies that they'll tell ya, "phone me, baby, the check's in the mail", well, as fantasy, it might please ya, but as the real thing, it does nothing but fail, it's the real thing, the real thing, nothing but the real thing, it's real, it's the real thing, the real thing, nothing but the real thing, it's real, so real, it's the, oh yeah, real, yeah, it's real, yeah so real, yeah, it's real, yeah and so real, so real, yeah, it's real, yeah so real, yeah, it's real, yeah so real, yeah, it's real, yeah, it's real, yeah so real, yeah