The Temptations I Can't get Next to you Lyrics:
[Sound of applause and talking, similar to a lively party.]

[Dennis (spoken):] "Hold it, hold it, listen!"

[Piano intro.]

[Dennis:] I can turn the gray sky blue.
[Melvin:] I can make it rain,
Whenever I want it 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.

[All & Dennis:]
(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 ragin' 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.

[All & Eddie:]
(I can't get next to you, babe.) No matter what I do.
(I can't get next to you.)
(Unh-yeah)

[Instrumental break.]

(Ooo-ooo, ooo-ooo, ooo, ooo'.)
(Ooo-ooo, ooo-ooo, ooo, ooo'.)
(Chica boom, chica boom.)
(Chica boom, boom, boom.)
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[Dennis:] I can turn back the hands of time,
You better believe I can.
[Otis:] ((I)) can make the seasons change,
Just by wavin' 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-I-I-I-woah-I-I-I-I

(Can't get next to you.)

[Dennis:] Girl, you're blowin' my mind,
'Cause I can't get (next to you).
Can't you see these tears I'm cryin'?
I can't get-a (next to you).
Girl, it's you that I need.
I gotta get (next to you).
Can't you see these tears I'm cryin'?
I can't get (next to you).
[Fade.]
I, I, I, I, I can't get-a (next to you).
I, I, I, I, I can't get-a (next to you).
Girl, you're blowin' my mind...


[I CAN'T GET NEXT TO YOU]
[Written by: Barrett Strong & Norman Whitfield
[Performed by: The Temptations [1] -1969 [2]
Produced by: Norman Witfield
Appears on: I Can't Get Next to You (7" Single)-1969, Puzzle People-1969, Motown
Chartbusters, Vol. 4 (Various Artists)-1971, 20 Golden Greats-1980, Emporers of
Soul-1994, Anthology-1995, The Ultimate Collection 1997 & 2007 [3] , The Best of
the Temptations-1999 & 2001, The Temptations Collection-2005, Playlist
Plus-2008, et al.]

[1] "I Can't Get Next to You" features Dennis Edwards or Eddie Kendricks
delivering the pre-chorus and all five Temptations (Dennis Edwards-tenor, Eddie
Kendricks-tenor, Paul Williams-tenor, Otis Williams-baritone & Melvin
Franklin-bass) trading lines in the verses. Instrumentation is by The Funk
Brothers including Earl Van Dyke on piano.]

[2] Covered by: Hiram Bullock, Walter Chancellor, Jr. Lloyd Charmers, The Four
Tops, Al Green, Woody Herman, Human Nature, Jay Boys, Annie Lennox, Edwin
McCain, The Osmonds, Mongo Santamaria, Savoy Brown, Soul City Survivors,
Soundalikes, Texas, Westlife, Toto, Lonnie Youngblood, et al.]

[3] Transcribed from the track on this album.]
Lyrics: I Can't get Next to you, The Temptations [end]