Lyr Req: The Real Thing (Chip Taylor)

Subject: chip taylor's,'I want the real thing'
From: GUEST,marsh hawk
Date: 17 May 01 - 02:21 PM

Hi folks; I tried this once before and got no response so I thought I'd give it another go. Does anybody know where to find the lyrics and perhaps the chords to a song recorded by Chip Taylor called "I want the real thing"?

The chorus goes:

Don't want you under my roof
With your 86 proof,
Watered down till it tastes like tea.
You wanna pull my string,
Make it the real thing
For me.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: chip taylor's,'I want the real thing
From: Brian Hoskin
Date: 18 May 01 - 12:33 PM

I've tried a few searches but I can't find these lyrics. If you're interested some of his other lyrics are available here

Brian

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: chip taylor's,'I want the real thing
From: GUEST,marsh hawk
Date: 18 May 01 - 12:41 PM

thanks for tryin' Brian. Looks like I might have to buy his album. Also appreciate the web site referance. mm

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: chip taylor's,'I want the real thing
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 21 May 01 - 07:32 PM

I found another quote from the song here.

"...I remember old Elvis when he forgot to remember to forget
and when young Johnny Cash hadn't seen this side of the big river yet
and when Sun was more than the daylight shining on Memphis, Tennessee
and when Luther and Lewis and Perkins was pickin' and playin' them songs for me..."

And I found out that the title is given as "(I Want) The Real Thing," and it appears on the album "Chip Taylor's Last Chance," 1973.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: chip taylor's,'I want the real thing
From: GUEST,marshman
Date: 22 May 01 - 01:11 PM

Thanks again Jim. What great lines! You can see why I'm hungry to get the whole song. mm

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: chip taylor's,'I want the real thing
From: GUEST,Steve Latimer
Date: 22 May 01 - 07:57 PM

Thanks for the link. Interesting site. I've only heard Chip once, it was a live interview. He played "Angel of The Morning". It sure changed my view of the song. What a voice.

Subject: Lyr Add: (I WANT) THE REAL THING (Chip Taylor)
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 24 Apr 02 - 05:10 PM

Copied from http://www.montyandthepythons.com/RealThingLyrics.html

(I WANT) THE REAL THING
(Chip Taylor)

Well I was on a bus coming back to us from Atlanta in '63.
I picked up a rhythm and blues magazine layin' underneath the seat,
And I found that the stuff they were playin' us wasn't made from grits and bone,
And it takes more than the Crewcuts and Pat Boone to take me home.

CHO: I want the real thing. Give me the real thing.
Make it loud and they'll make you proud of the songs they sing.
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.

And I remember old Elvis when he forgot to remember to forget,
And when young Johnny Cash hadn't seen this side of the big river yet,
When Sun was more than daylight shining on Memphis, Tennessee,
When Luther and Lewis and Perkins was pickin' and singin' them songs for me. CHO.

[Sun refers to Sun Records.]