Written by Shel Silverstein
First Verse E I can't touch the clouds for you, E B I'll never reach the Sun for you. B I've never done the things B E That you need done for you. E I've stretched as high as I can reach E A I guess I'm not the one for you; A B E 'Cause I can't reach the clouds or touch the sun for you, E B E No I can't reach the clouds or touch the sun. Second Verse E I can't turn back time for you, E B And make you sweet sixteen again, B And I can't turn your barren fields B E To green again. E And I won't sit around and talk E A Of how things might have been again, A B E No I can't turn back time and make you young again. B E I can't turn back time and make you young. Third Verse E B I hope you find somebody who B A E Can do the things I didn't do E A E And find a road I didn't find E B E And build a brighter world for you. E B I hope you find somebody bold B A E Enough to reach and take a hold E A E And guide your ever changing mind E A B And free your ever rising soul. B A B But I can't. No, I can't. Fourth verse E I can't look inside your mind And see the things you're hoping for. And I can't help you chase the dream You're groping for. You say your arms are open wide, But lord knows who they're open for. I can't know your mind or chase your dreams with you. No, I can't chase your dreams or know your mind. Fifth Verse F# So say goodbye, and don't look back F# C# I've had some happy days with you, C# F# Sorry I can't be the one who stays with you. F# And when they ask about me, F# B You can say I was the one with you; B C# F# Who never touched the clouds or reached the sun with you. F# C# E No, I can't reach the clouds or touch the sun. Outro F# B C# I guess it's done, C# F# C# I can't touch the sun for you. Ooh, Ooh, Ooh! C# F# I can't touch the sun. I can't. No, no, I can't. F# C# F# Ooh hoo, oh no. F# C# I can't touch the sun, no, no, no. F# Mmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm. F# I can't. No, no, I can't. F# C# F# Ooh hoo, oh no. F# C# I can't touch the sun, C# F# I can't touch the sun...