Song Description

A confession about how hard it is to miss someone you love when you are separated, when no amount of conversation can substitute for being together to work things out.

Lyrics

"I'd Rather Have The Real Thing"
Music & Lyrics by Chuck Larkin

(Verse 1)
It's so hard for me to call you on the phone
Hearing you so far away and small
Is almost worse than never seeing you at all
Your words alone
Can almost ease my restless mind
But there's too much interference on the line

(Chorus)
I can find the one I love through all the noise
But I'd rather have the real thing
To whisper in my ear and hold me tight
I love every little detail of your voice
But I'd rather have the real thing
I'd rather have you here with me tonight

(Verse 2)
So I do my best to reach across the miles
This is what I've waited for all day
But I'm sometimes at a loss for what to say
I hope you know
It doesn't mean I'm losing faith in you
It's just the sound of my frustration coming through

(Repeat Chorus)

(Bridge)
No more distant conversation
No more faraway goodbyes
Maybe soon we can pull ourselves together
And love will be so close we can see it with our eyes

(Final Chorus)
But it's hard for me to say it on the phone
'Cause I'd rather have the real thing
To have you by my side and hold me tight
I can make it through the day without your voice
But I'd rather have the real thing
I'd rather have you here with me tonight...
I hope you hear me loud and clear...
I'd rather have you here with me tonight

© Chuck Larkin