o/t name that song

[patrick]

I have just watched a film called "Elizabethtown" and the hero has a song on his phone as the ring tone.........The lyrics begin "I can turn your grey sky blue.......or something like that, sounds like it could be an oldish four tops, temptations or motown number, but I cant find it, anyone know what its called?

 

[Ed]

If the lyrics are as below - then its a song by Soul Trader.


_Can't get next to you_

I can turn your grey sky blue
I could make it rain whenever I wanted to
I could 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 that 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 boy, you're the key to my happiness
And I, wo, I can't get next to you

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

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[Ed]

i stand corrected - they appear to be a cover band of some sort...

the earliest reference i can find is for a band called temptations, but its also been dome by al green, annie lennox, westlife etc...
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[patrick]

Cheers ed

 

[patrick]

That was the one, but the phone just kept playing the blue sky line over and over so couldnt find the record, found it now thanks to correct title

 

[Anonymous]

do you wanna send the song to me over email so i can hear it lol...

edd AT fingleton DOT org DOT uk

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[patrick]

sending it from...........
paddy AT paddyshouse DOT com