I Can't Get Next to You

Composers: Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong       Original performers: The Temptations (1969), Al Green (1971)
First release: Voodoo Lounge Uncut blu-ray/CD, November 2018            Recording date: August 1994
Recording location: Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey, USA (live)
Performed onstage: 1994-95

Line-up:

Drums: Charlie Watts
Bass: Darryl Jones
Electric guitars: Keith Richards (incl. 2nd solo) & Ron Wood (incl. 1st solo)
Lead vocal: Mick Jagger
Background vocals: Darryl Jones, Chuck Leavell, Bernard Fowler & Lisa Fischer
Organ: Chuck Leavell
Saxophones: Bobby Keys & Andy Snitzer
Trombone: Michael Davis
Trumpet: Kent Smith
 

Oh I
Oh I

I - I can turn the gray sky blue
Oh I - I can make it rain whenever I want to
I - I can build a castle from a single grain of sand
Oh I - I can make a ship sail right upon the dry land - but I got to tell you

Out of all these powers that I possess
Girl you're the key to my happiness

And I can't get next to you girl
Can't get next to you
Can't get next to you girl
Can't get next to you

Oh I - yeah
(Oh I)  Anyone want to hang around a little bit?
Oh I  - yeah
(Oh I)  I want to tell you

I can fly just like a bird up in the sky
(Oh I)  I will buy anything that money, money can buy
(I)  I can turn a river into a raging fire
(Oh I)  I can live forever if I so desire - but I want to tell you

Out of all this power that I possess
Girl you're the key to my happiness

I can't get next to you girl
Can't get next to you
Can't get next to you girl
Can't get next to you

Can't get next to you girl
Can't get next to you
Can't get next to you girl
Can't get next to you

(I)

Oh I
Oh I - hey, I tell you

(I)  I can turn back the hands of time, you better believe I can
(Oh I)  I can make the season change just by waving my hand
(I)  I can change anything from old to new
(Oh I)  All these things I want, I want to do them all for you - I want to tell you right here ah...

Out of all this power that I possess
Girl you're the key to my happiness

And I can't get next to you girl
Can't get next to you - whoo
Can't get next to you girl
Can't get next to you

Can't get next to you girl
(Can't get next to you)  That's right
(Can't get next to you girl)  Yes
(Can't get next to you)

I
(Oh I)  That's right
(I)
(Oh I)  Hey

Can't get next to you girl - come on
Can't get, can't get, can't get next to you - oh,
Can't get next to you girl
Can't get next to (...)

Can't get next to you girl
(Can't get next to you)  Yeah, right
(Can't get next to you girl)  That's right
Can't get next to you

 
 
 

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