hold it everybody
hold it hold it listen
i can turn the gray sky blue
i can make it rain whenever i want it to
oh i can build a castle from a single grain of sand
i can make a ship sail huh on dry land
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
i can fly like a bird in the sky
hey and i can buy anything that money can buy
oh i can turn a river into a raging fire
i can live forever if i so desire
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
uhyah
ooh
ooh
chicka boom chicka boom
chicka boom boom boom
i can turn back the hands of time you better believe i can
i can make the seasons change just by waving my hand
oh i can change anything from old to new
the things i want to do the most i’m unable to do
unhappy am i with all the powers i possess
’cause girl you’re the key to my happiness
and i oh i can’t get next to you
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 now next to you
girl you’re blowing my mind
’cause i can’t get
Artist: The Temptations
Year: 1969
Decade: 60s
Language: en
Word Count: 164