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Artist: The Higgins
Canonical path: /the-higgins/real-thing
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Real Thing
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Real Thing
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C'mon!
Here's to you baby
I think that we got it made
Hanging out by the fire
Sipping on cheap chardonnay
Let's toast to another good year
All that I want is right here
Chorus:
Just off the blacktop, down by the river
We got a love that goes on forever
Big as the blue sky, straight as the crow flies
Here on the porch swing, we got the real thing
We got the real thing
A flattop for picking
A tin roof that sings when it rains
This ten bucks for gas has to last
Until you get paid
But that ain't a problem for me
Cuz, baby you're all that I need, yeah
Chorus
Hey, tell me what you wanna do tonight
Cmon, uh-huh, yeah
Just off the blacktop
Down by the river
We've got a love that
Goes on forever
Chorus
Just off the blacktop (we got the real thing)
Down by the river (we got it, we got it)
Out on the porch swing
We got the real thing, yeah, yeah
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