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The Temptations — I Can't Get Next To You
Album: Puzzle People
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Released: 1969
Length: 2:40
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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
Comments (35)add comment
 kingart wrote:


9 years old? I think that should be your rating too. 



I was 14yrs old! That should be MY rating!
Posted 1 year ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
 diannemck56 wrote:
 DANCING AT MY DESK!!!



Same here!!   
Posted 1 year ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
 Grammarcop wrote:

Music from my childhood. I was 9 when this was released. Oh, man...



9 years old? I think that should be your rating too. 
Posted 2 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
maybe someone can upload this? .. "Chicka boom"
Posted 4 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
 DANCING AT MY DESK!!!
Posted 4 years ago by diannemck56    [ Reply ]
 marklaw wrote:
I was a kid from a Detroit suburb in 1967 and went with a bunch of friends down to the Fox Theater, downtown, as we called it, to see Mr. David Ruffin and the Temptations.  Barry Gordon's whole Motown line-up was there.  Anyone else see the Motown Review?  Sweet sounds.
 
CKLW out of Windsor, Ontario had all the Motown hits and the British Invasion. Radio Paradise back in the day!
Posted 4 years ago by onerb    [ Reply ]
I grew up on the shores of Lake Erie outside of Cleveland.  That vast emptiness of water between Detroit and Cleveland was filled with AM radio waves broadcasting Motown and all it had to offer.  So luck was I. 
Posted 4 years ago by flyboy50    [ Reply ]
I was a kid from a Detroit suburb in 1967 and went with a bunch of friends down to the Fox Theater, downtown, as we called it, to see Mr. David Ruffin and the Temptations.  Barry Gordon's whole Motown line-up was there.  Anyone else see the Motown Review?  Sweet sounds.
Posted 5 years ago by marklaw    [ Reply ]
EEE-LEVEN!!! : )     shika-boom shika-boom
Posted 6 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
A truly great and perennially fresh tune. Been playing this one often 50 years later!

10 'n fer sure.
Posted 6 years ago by raenvald    [ Reply ]
 LPCity wrote:
First person that complains that this was overplayed on commercial radio gets the ban hammer!

ROCKIN! wth style.

 
Amen!
Posted 7 years ago by Mustangbill    [ Reply ]
This group was fantastic in concert. So much energy. No one could stay in their seats. In the late 60's they did a summer concert tour with the Supremes. What a match up! Billed as the Temp-temp-tempting Temptations and the Sup-sup-super Supremes!
Posted 7 years ago by Mustangbill    [ Reply ]
 melzabutch wrote:


 
Just thought I would mention, last week Berry Gordy choose his favorite pieces of music on "Desert Island Discs" in the UK
Posted 7 years ago by markybx    [ Reply ]
 melzabutch wrote:


 
that's a beautiful sight
Posted 8 years ago by Skydog    [ Reply ]
What a great way to start the day! pxd
Posted 8 years ago by pxd    [ Reply ]
Wow ! Cool Monday Morning :) 
Posted 8 years ago by Azrica    [ Reply ]

Posted 8 years ago by melzabutch    [ Reply ]
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Posted 9 years ago by n4ku    [ Reply ]
simply the BEST!!{#Bananajam}{#Dancingbanana_2}{#Bananapiano}   I grew up in the Detroit area, and well I'm a better music man for that!
Posted 9 years ago by willmcnaught    [ Reply ]
 
 {#Bananasplit}       {#Bananasplit}
 {#Bananasplit}      {#Bananasplit}
 
 {#Bananasplit}       {#Bananasplit}


 



 


 
Posted 9 years ago by Peter_Bradshaw    [ Reply ]
GOOD GOD Y'ALL! 
Posted 10 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
shikka boom -  shikka boom,   super shot of adrenaline every time I hear the Temps
Posted 10 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
Geebus Jones!  You could give an old broad a heart attack with a segue like that!!!  I'm here to tell you!
Posted 10 years ago by helenofjoy    [ Reply ]
{#Bananapiano}Awesomely funkay...
Posted 10 years ago by PLH    [ Reply ]
I think Savoy Brown did a pretty good cover of this.....well at least I think it was Savoy Brown....
Posted 10 years ago by dickmahoon    [ Reply ]
Mighty Temps!
My blood is revitalized, my heart is pounding and I'm sooo ready for that glorious groove!
Posted 11 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
First person that complains that this was overplayed on commercial radio gets the ban hammer!

ROCKIN! wth style.
Posted 11 years ago by LPCity    [ Reply ]
This Is SOOOOO Good!!!{#Bananasplit}
Posted 11 years ago by dew34    [ Reply ]
Music from my childhood. I was 9 when this was released. Oh, man...
Posted 12 years ago by Grammarcop    [ Reply ]
Nice! 
Curious transition from The Decemberists.

Posted 12 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
Dancing all through high school ...
Posted 12 years ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
Good to hear something from them guys besides Papa was.
Posted 12 years ago by Bleyfusz    [ Reply ]
Can't. Help. It.   Gotta. Dance. {#Dancingbanana}
Posted 12 years ago by Cynaera    [ Reply ]
Get on down!
Posted 12 years ago by haljordan    [ Reply ]
Oh yeah, bringing back some memories!
Posted 12 years ago by DanFHiggins    [ Reply ]