Al Green — I Cant Get Next to You

[Verse 1] I ...(my my my my) Oh, I can turn a gray sky blue 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, can make a ship sail on dry land, yeah [Pre-Chorus] Unhappy am I with all the powers that I possess, yeah Girl, you're the key to my happiness and I... [Chorus] (Can't get next to you, babe) Ooh Lord (I can't get next to you) I've been trying a long time (Can't get next to you, babe) (Can't get next to you) I don't know what to do (Let me say) I .. (my my my my my) Oh, I, oh Lord [Verse 2] I can fly like the bird in the sky Oh, 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 [Pre-Chorus] Unhappy am I with all the powers that I possess, yeah Girl, you're the key 'cause I... [Chorus] (Can't get next to you, babe) Baby baby (Can't get next to you) I've been trying a long time (I can't get next to you, babe) (I can't get next to you) Oh, come on [Verse 3] (Let me tell you that) 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 want to do the most You see, I'm unable to do, yeah [Pre-Chorus] Unimportant are all these things That I'm trying to do here today Girl, you see, I... [Chorus] (Can't get next to you, babe) I've been trying a long time (Can't get next to you) Oh, somebody oughta help me (Can't get next to you, babe) Oh, let me, let me go (I can't get next to you) Let me! I, Lord, I've been working on it, baby I've been thinking about it Oh, I, 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, I Oh, I, sometime I feel like I want to moan about it And I just don't know what to say, and I say yeeeee...