Can I Sit Next to You - Spoon

I met this girl for the first time on Saturday night Standing in the queue at the Odeon alright Oh I took her by surprise When I gave her one of my lines She started smiling at me real fine That's when I said Can I sit next to you, girl Can I sit next to you, girl Can I sit next to you, girl Can I sit next to you, girl Can I sit next to you? At intermission we were doing alright 'Till this guy came up and stood by her side Oh I took him by surprise When I gave him one of my lines She started smiling at me real fine And that's when I said Can I sit next to you, girl Can I sit next to you, girl Can I sit next to you, girl Can I sit next to you, girl Can I sit next to you? Can I sit next to you Yeah, c'mon now So let me! Can I Can I sit next to you, girl, can I sit next to you, girl Can I sit next to you, girl, can I sit next to you, girl Can I sit next to you, and then take you home Can I sit next to you, girl, can I sit next to you, girl Can I sit next to you, lick your ear Can I sit next to you, girl, can I sit next to you, girl C'mon Can I sit next to you, girl Can I sit next to you, girl Can I sit next to you, girl Can I sit next to you, girl Can I sit next to you, girl Can I sit next to you, girl Can I sit next to you, girl Can I sit next to you, girl Can I sit next to you, girl Can I

I, 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 You see, I can make a ship sail on dry land. Ain't happy am I with all the powers that I possess, Girl, you're the key to my happiness, And I can't get next to you, babe Can't get next to you. I've been trying a long time I don't know what to do Oooooo Let me say, I, I can fly like a bird in the sky 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 Ain't happy am I with all the powers that I possess, Oh, you're the key, 'cause I can't get next to you, babe Can't get next to you. I've been trying for such a long time Let me tell you that I, 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, all the things I want to do the most, You see, I'm unable to do Unimportant, all these things that I'm trying to do the other day, girl, You see, I can't get next to you, baby Can't get next to you I've been tryin a long time... Oh if somebody'd only help me... Oh, let me, let me go... Whooooo... I, I've been working on it baby I've been thinking about it 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 thinking about you baby something awful, You see, sometime I feel like I want to moan about it And I just don't know what to say And I say Mmmmmm...

I can turn the grey sky blue And I can make it rain whenever I want it to And I can build a castle from a single grain of sand And 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 I can't get next to you, babe I can't get next to 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 I can buy anything that money can buy I can turn a river into a raging fire I can live forever if I so desire But I don't want it all these things I can do 'Cause I can't get next to you I can't get next to you, babe I can't get next to you I can't get next to you, babe I can't get next to you I can turn back the hands of time - you better believe I can I can make the seasons change just by the wave of my hand I can change anything from one to two The thing I wanna do the most I'm unable to do I'm an unhappy woman with all the powers I possess 'Cause man you're the key to my happiness 'Cause I can't get to next to you Ooh 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 Oh it's you that I need I gotta get next to you Can't you see these tears I'm cryin' Can't get next to you I, I, I, I, I, I, I can't get next to you I, I, I, I, I, I, I can't get next to you

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 Next to you I just can't get next 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 No matter what I do 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