I Can't Get Next to You

(I)

My, my, my, my

(Oh, I)

Can turn a gray sky blue

(I)

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, I can make a ship sail

On dry land, tell 'em, yeah

I'm a happy man 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

(Can't get next to you)

I've been trying a long time

(Can't get next to you, babe)

I, I, I don't know what to do

(Can't get next to you)

Let me say

(I)

My, my, my, my

(Oh, I)

Oh, Lord

(I)

Can fly like a bird in the sky

(Oh, I)

And 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

I'm happy man with all the powers that I possess, yeah

'Cause, girl, you're the key

('Cause I can't get next to you, babe)

Baby, babe

(Can't get next to you)

I've been trying for such a long time

(Can't get next to you, babe)

(Can't get next to you)

Oh, come on

Let me tell you that I

(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 wanna do the most

You see, I'm unable to do, yeah

Unimportant, oh, 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 ought to help me

(Can't get next to you, babe)

Oh, let me, let me go

Can't get next to you)

Woo, woo

Let me

(I)

Lord, I've been working on it, baby

I've been thinking about it

(Oh, I)

But 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, and I

(Oh, I)

Sometimes I feel like I wanna moan about it

And I, I just don't know what to say

And I say, yee

(I)