Until the Real Thing Comes Along

by Aretha Franklin

From the album: Laughing on the Outside

Track 8 of 16 on Laughing on the Outside (1963).

Duration: 3:10

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Lyrics for Until the Real Thing Comes Along

Oh I'd work for you, I'd slave for you, I'd be a beggar or a knave for you! (what is a knave anyway?) If that isn't love it'll have to do Until the real thing comes along. I'd gladly move the earth for you, (yeah I'm strong baby, plenty strong) To prove my love and it's worth to you; If that isn't love it'll have to do Until the real thing comes along. With all the words, dear, at my command, I just can't make you understand; I'll always love you darling, come what may, My heart is yours, what more can I say? (what do you want me to do, rob a bank?) (Well listen, I tell ya) I'd sigh for you, yeah, cry for you, I'd tear the stars down from the sky for you! If that isn't love, well skip it, it'll have to do, Until the real thing comes along. I'd sigh for you, die for you, I'd tear the stars down from the sky for you! If that isn't love, it'll have to do, Until the real thing comes along. (Yeah, that's the real thing, so help me!)

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More from Laughing on the Outside

  1. Skylark
  2. For All We Know
  3. Make Someone Happy
  4. I Wonder (Where Are You Tonight)
  5. Solitude
  6. Laughing on the Outside
  7. Say It Isn't So
  8. Until the Real Thing Comes Along
  9. If Ever I Would Leave You
  10. Where Are You?
  11. Mr. Ugly
  12. I Wanna Be Around
  13. Ol' Man River
  14. You've Got Her
  15. Here's Where I Came In (Here's Where I Walk Out)
  16. Say It Isn't So