| Song | The Real Thing |
| Artist | George Strait |
| Album | The Road Less Traveled |
| Lyrics：Chip Taylor Music：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. | |
| 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. | |
| 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... |
| Lyrics: Chip Taylor Music: 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. | |
| 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. | |
| 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... |