We've got the real thing, not the emblem
Not the emblem
I said those words, yeah, and I meant them
I meant them (ooh)
Give me the real thing
Give me the real thing, not the emblem (ooh)
Empty envelopes when
Empty envelopes when I send them (ooh)

I said, I said, I said, I said (ooh)

We've got the real thing
We've got the real thing, not the emblem
Not the emblem (we've got, we've got)
We've got the real thing
We've got the real thing, not the emblem
Not the emblem (we've got, we've got)

Ooh
We've got, we've got
Ooh

Keep your promises and defend them
Defend them
Words and choruses, you transcend them
Transcend them (ooh)
Keep your diamond rings, I don't want anything
Save your words and cards, don't need paper hearts (ooh)
I said, I said, I said, I said (ooh)

We've got the real thing
We've got the real thing, not the emblem
Not the emblem (we've got, we've got)
We've got the real thing
We've got the real thing, not the emblem
Not the emblem (we've got, we've got)

Give me the real thing
Not the emblem, not the emblem