The Real Thing Lyrics - George Strait

(Chip Taylor) 

I was on a bus comin' back to us 

From Atlanta in '53 

And I picked up a rhythm and blues magazine 

Layin' underneath my seat 

And I found out the stuff they'd been playin' us 

Wasn't made from grits and bone 

And it would take more than the Crew Cuts 

And Pat Boone to take me home 

I want the real thing 

Give me the real thing 

Make it loud, I'll make you proud 

Or the songs they'd sing 

I don't want you under my roof with your 86 proof 

Watered down til it tastes like tea 

You're gonna pull my string 

Make it the real thing for me 

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I remember old Elvis when he forgot 

To remember to forget 

And when young Johnny Cash 

Hadn't seen this side of Big River yet 

And when sun was more than daylight 

Shinin'on Memphis, Tennessee 

And old Luther and Lewis and Perkins was pickin 

And playin' them songs for me 

I want the real thing 

Give me the real thing 

Make it loud I'll make you proud 

Of the songs they'd sing 

I don't want you under my roof with your 86 proof 

Watered down 'til it tastes like tea 

You're gonna pull my string 

Make it the real thing for me 

--- Instrumental --- 

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I want the real thing 

Give me the real thing 

Make it loud I'll make you proud 

Of the songs they'd sing 

I don't want you under my roof with your 86 proof 

Watered down 'til it tastes like tea 

You're gonna pull my string 

Make it the real thing for me 

You're gonna pull my string 

Make it the real thing for me...