i my my my my
oh i can turn a gray sky blue
you see i can make it rain when i want it to
oh i can build a castle from a single grain of sand yeah
i you see can make a ship sail on dry land yeah
pre
unhappy am i with all the powers that i possess yeah
girl you’re the key to my happiness and i
can’t get next to you babe
ooh lord
i can’t get next to you
i’ve been trying a long time
can’t get next to you babe
can’t get next to you
i don’t know what to do
let me say
i my my my my my
oh i oh lord
i can fly like the bird in the sky
oh i can buy anything that money can buy
oh i can turn a river into a raging fire
oh i and i can live forever if i so desire yeah
pre
unhappy am i with all the powers that i possess yeah
girl you’re the key ’cause i
can’t get next to you babe
baby baby
can’t get next to you
i’ve been trying a long time
i can’t get next to you babe
i can’t get next to you
oh come on
let me tell you that
i can turn back the hands of time
you better believe i can
oh i you see i can make the seasons change
just by waving my hand let me say
i i can change anything from old to new girl
oh i yeah and all the things i want to do the most
you see i’m unable to do yeah
pre
unimportant are all these things
that i’m trying to do here today
girl you see i
can’t get next to you babe
i’ve been trying a long time
can’t get next to you
oh somebody oughta help me
can’t get next to you babe
oh let me let me go
i can’t get next to you
let me
i lord i’ve been working on it baby
i’ve been thinking about it
oh i you see i’ve been trying to call you all day long
but you see i don’t have your phone number honey
i i’ve been i’ve been thinking about you baby something awful you see i
oh i sometime i feel like i want to moan about it
and i just don’t know what to say and i say yeeeee
Artist: Al Green
Year: 1970
Decade: 70s
Language: en
Word Count: 205