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“The Real Thing” is a song by Gwen Stefani from her debut solo studio album, Love. Angel. Music. Baby. released in 2004. The song is about mutual love between two people. The song was released as a promotional single in Phillipines one year after the album release.
[Verse 1]
I've seen your face a thousand times
Have all your stories memorized
I've kissed your lips a million ways
But I still love to have you around
I've held you too many times to count
I think I know you inside out
And we're together most days
But I still love to have you around
[Pre-Chorus]
And you're the one I want, and it's not just a phase
And you're the one I trust, our love is the real thing
[Chorus]
Don't go away
My love (My love)
I want you to stay
In my life
Don't go away
My lover (My love)
I'm happiest when we spend time
[Verse 2]
You're a salty water ocean wave
You knock me down, you kiss my face
I know the storms will always come
But I still love to have you around
And Heaven knows what will come next
So emotional, you're so complex
A rollercoaster built to crash
But I still love to have you around
[Pre-Chorus]
And you're the one I want, and it's not just a phase
And you're the one I trust, our love is the real thing
[Chorus]
Don't go away
My love (My love)
I want you to stay
In my life
Don't go away
My lover (My love)
I'm happiest when we spend time
(It's only you and I)
(It's only you and I)
[Bridge]
It's you there when I close my eyes
And you in the morning
I never thought you'd still be mine
Or I'd really need to have you around
[Chorus]
Don't go away
My love (My love)
I want you to stay
In my life
Don't go away
My lover (My love)
I need you, you're my love supply
Don't go away
In my love supply
I want you to stay
In my life (Every day, every day)
Don't go away
My lover (My love supply)
[Outro]
I need you, you're my love supply
The Real Thing was written by Gavin Rossdale & Linda Perry & Gwen Stefani.
The Real Thing was produced by Nellee Hooper.
Gwen Stefani released The Real Thing on Fri Nov 12 2004.
I wrote this one with Linda [Perry]. There’s not that much to say about it, but it was us trying to go in that New Order lane. And the band members [Bernard Sumner and Peter Hook] actually play on the song. Linda really wanted to do what I wanted and was all about praising me. It was beautiful becau...