Here are the lyrics to “I Can’t Get Next to You” by The Temptations:
“[Dennis:] I can turn a gray sky blue.
[Melvin:] I can make it rain, whenever I wanted to.
Oh, I
[Eddie:] I can build a castle from a single grain of sand.
[Paul:] I can make a ship sail, uh, on dry land.
[Dennis:] But my life is incomplete and I’m so blue. ‘Cause I can’t get next to you.
I can’t get next to you, babe. (Next to you)
I can’t get next to you. (I just can’t get next you)
I can’t get next to you, babe.
I can’t get next to you.
[Dennis:] I can fly like a bird in the sky.
[Eddie:] Hey, and I can buy anything that money can buy.
Oh, I
[Paul:] I can turn a river into a raging fire.
[Melvin:] I can live forever if I so desire.
[Eddie:] Unimportant are all the things I can do. ‘Cause I can’t get next to you.
I can’t get next to you, babe. (No matter what I do)
I can’t get next to you.
Uh-ya
[Instrumental]
Ooo-Ooo
Ooo-Ooo
Chica boom, chica boom
Chica boom, boom, boom
[Dennis:] I can turn back the hands of time, you better believe I can.
I
[Otis:] I can make the seasons change, just by waving my hand.
Oh, I
[Eddie:] I can change anything from old to new.
[Paul:] The things I want to do the most, I’m unable to do.
[Dennis:] Unhappy am I with all the powers I possess. ‘Cause girl you’re the key to my happiness.
[Eddie:] And I
Can’t get next to you.
[Dennis:]
Girl, you’re blowing my mind ’cause I can’t get…(Next to you)
Can’t you see these tears I’m crying? I can’t get… (Next to you)
Girl, it’s you that I need. I gotta get…(Next to you)
Can’t you see these tears I’m crying? I can’t get… (Next to you)
I, I, I, I… I can’t get…(Next to you)
I, I, I, I… I can’t get…(Next to you)
Girl, you’re blowing my mind…”
For other songs by The Temptations: “My Girl,” “Ball of Confusion,” “Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone,” and “The Way You Do the Things You Do.”
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