The Temptations-I Can't Get Next To You

The Temptations合唱團後期的團員Dennis Edwards二月2日不幸去世，出生於美國阿拉巴馬州Fairfield的他才剛過75歲生日。

Dennis Edwards曾經在Temptations合唱團的暢銷曲"Ball Of Confusion", "I Can't Get Next To You", "Cloud Nine" 及 "Papa Was A Rolling Stone"中與其它團員合唱。

Dennis Edwards 10歲時全家搬到底特律，當時就開始在the Mighty Clouds of Joy合唱團演唱福音歌曲，1961年他錄過一張單曲，是一首非宗教的歌，但因為去當兵而暫停他剛起步的歌唱事業。

1966年，Dennis Edwards被Motown唱片公司選上，他先被安排與the Contours合唱團一起唱了很短的一段時間，後來轉與The Temptations合唱團搭檔，他取代了因走紅而目空一切被開除的團員David Ruffin，但是1977年Dennis Edwards曾自己離團而去，過了三年才回團。

近年來Dennis Edwards以"Temptations Review featuring Dennis Edwards"之名巡迴演唱，只算是從原始Temptations合唱團分離出來的團，他曾與the Pointer Sisters合唱團的Ruth Pointer結過婚，但在一起時間很短。

1989年，Dennis Edwards與the Temptations一起進入搖滾樂名人堂。

The Temptations合唱團是歷年暢銷歌星與合唱團第21名的超級合唱團，1962-2000年的演唱事業成績優異，曾經被譽為美國最佳R&B合唱團。

"I Can't Get Next To You"是The Temptations合唱團1969年獲得二周冠軍的歌。

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RfGe6MvY84

I CAN'T GET NEXT TO YOU

The Temptations

(Whitfield/Strong)

I can turn your gray sky blue

I could make it rain whenever I wanted to

I can build a castle from a single grain of sand

I can make a ship sail on dry land

But my life is incomplete and I'm so blue

'Cause I can't get next to you

Next to you, I just 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

I can turn a river into a raging fire

I could live forever if I so desired

Unimportant are all these things I can do

'Cause I can't get next to you

No matter what I do

I can turn back the hands of time

You'd better believe I can

I can make the seasons change

Just by a wave of my hand

I can change anything from old to new

The thing 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, wo, I can't get next to you

(fade):

Girl, you're blowin' my mind 'cause I can't get (next to you)

Can't you see these tears I'm cryin'?  I can't get (next to you)

Girl, it's you that I need; I gotta get (next to you)

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