How Can I Get Next To You

How can I get next to you When everyone else tryin' to get next to you Listen, baby How can I get next to you When everyone else tryin' to get next to you I heard Bobby Womack told you on the telephone line That girl you were runnin' out of time He said, 'That's the way I feel about you" Ooh baby, That's the way I feel about you" How can I get next to you When everyone else tryin' to get next to you Tell me that, girl How can I get next to you When everyone else tryin' to get next to you Listen, baby You said goodbye to Womack and split the scene I thought I had it made and I heard about you and Al Green And I said, "Let's, ought to stay together" "When the times are good and bad, happy or sad" Baby, baby, baby Don't seem fair sometime, baby Listen, baby Johnnie Taylor told you that "I believe in you" Rufus Thomas tryin' to walk your dog too, now James Brown said, "Please don't go" Clarence Carter claimed "I'm too weak to fight any more',' now baby Tell me How can I get next to you When everyone else tryin' to get next to you, baby How can I get next to you When everyone else tryin' to get next to you, baby Even Marvin Gaye, you told him, "Let's get it on" And he said you were his joy And he been waitin' for too long on you, baby How can I get next to you, oh baby When everyone else tryin' to get next to you Hey baby, baby, oh baby Tryin' to get next to you, baby That's all I wanna do