Can You Tell
Edwin McCain Lyrics


I, oh I, I can turn a gray sky blue
Oh I, you see, I can make it rain when I want it to
I can build a castle with a single grain of sand
Oh I, you see, I can make a ship sail on dry land

Ain't happy with the powers I possess
You're the key to my happiness

And I can't get next to you, baby
Can't get next to you
I can't get next to you, baby
Can't get next to you

I, oh I, I can fly like a bird in the sky
Oh I, I can buy anything that money can buy
I can turn a river into a raging flood
Oh I live forever if I so decide

Ain't happy with the powers I possess
You're the key to my happiness

And I can't get next to you, baby
Can't get next to you
I can't get next to you, baby
Can't get next to you

I, I can turn back the hands of time
You better believe I can
Oh I, I can make the seasons change
Just by waving my hand

I, I can change anything I want
From old to new
Oh I, all the things I want to do the most
I'm unable to do

Unimportant, all these powers I possess
You're the key to my happiness

And I can't get next to you, baby
Can't get next to you
Can't get next to you, baby
Can't get next to you

Can't get next to you, baby
Can't get next to you
Can't get next to you, baby
Can't get next to you


Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC



Written by: BARRETT STRONG, NORMAN WHITFIELD, NORMAN J. WHITFIELD

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@georgecarloluminario9091

We don't look for old songs. We search for memories. ❤

@scottknight1417

Well said

@williamwilliams293

Well said my friend well said !

@Hitoritaka

Yep. But SOMETIMES, the old sing IS the memory.

@lilafrazer7373

This song is attached to a very precious moment for me...one that ill cherish all my days

@shell808hawaii

Truth ❤

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@user-tz7vt2bb4e

This was my wedding song. Me and my husband have been together since I was 16 and am now 40. We got married 21 years ago and this song still makes me cry and laugh and smile every time I hear it. I am the greatest fan of his life.

@ephyewseakae

Us too! Congrats on 21 years! My wife and I have been married for coming up on three years but before we were even engaged I told her that I'm going to sing this song to her at our wedding. She was adamantly against the idea. While we were dancing our first dance to this song I was quietly singing it to her in her ear. It's one of my favorite moments in life as well as top three I told you so's. This song encapsulates so much of what I feel for my wife and it makes me happy that someone else feels that way about their other, too.

@freshsox7052

Wow I thought it was just me sometime together since 17, 18 53,52 now.

@marihakeem6189

Congratulations! And may you both have many more years together.

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