En als je haar niet kunt bereiken, wat baat je dan de rest. Ik werd wakker met dit nummer in gedachten en toen zei iemand eerder vanavond dat de overheid maar eens wat aan het weer moet doen. Een teken!
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)
Uh-yah
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 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 (next to you)
Girl, you’re blowing my mind
Cause I can’t get next to you
I can’t get next to you, Temptations, 1969. Het origineel
Al Green, 1971, een versie die sommigen uwer misschien eerder kenden
