I Can't Get Next To You

(album: Dancing In The Street: The Songs Of Motown II - 2006)

I
Can turn a grey sky blue.
I can make it rain, whenever I want it to.
Oh, I
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
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.
Uh-ya

[Instrumental]

WOoo-Ooo
WOoo-Ooo
Chica boom, chica boom
Chica boom, boom, boom

I can turn back the hands of time, you better believe I can.
I
I can make the seasons change, just by waving my hand.
Oh, I
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

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)
Oh baby I got to got to get ... (Next to you)
Oh baby I got to get ... (Next to you)
I, I, I, I... I can't get...(Next to you)
Can't you see these tears i'm crying