You Can’t Always Get What You Want

Lyrics

[Verse 1] I saw her today at the reception A glass of wine in her hand I knew she was gonna meet her connection At her feet was a footloose man You can't always get what you want You can't always get what you want You can't always get what you want But if you try sometimes Well, you just might find You get what you need Oh, yeah (Woo) [Verse 2] I went down to the demonstration To get my fair share of abuse Singin', "We're gonna vent our frustration If we don't, we're gonna blow a fifty-amp fuse" Sing it, honey [Chorus] You can't always get what you want You can't always get what you want You can't always get what you want But if you try sometimes Well, you just might find You get what you need Oh, babe [Verse 3] Well, I went down to the Chelsea drugstore To get your prescription filled I was standin' in line with Mr. Jimmy And, man, did he look pretty ill And we decided that we'd have a soda My favorite flavor, cherry red I sung my song to Mr. Jimmy, yeah And he said one word to me and that was "dead" Well, I said to him [Chorus] You can't always get what you want You can't always get what you want, I tell you, baby You can't always get what you want, no But if you try sometimes You just might find You get what you need Oh, yeah (Woo) [Interlude] Oh, you get what you need, yeah, baby Oh, yeah [Verse 4] Well, I saw her today at the reception In her glass was a bleedin' man She was practiced at the art of deception Well, I could tell by her blood-stained hands Sing it, come on [Chorus] You can't always get what you want, yeah You can't always get what you want, yeah You can't always get what you want But if you try sometimes, you just might find You just might find you get what you need Oh, yeah (Woo) Baby, oh, yeah You can't always get what you want (No, no, baby) You can't always get what you want (You can't now, no) You can't always get what you want But if you try sometimes You just might find You get what you need [Outro] You get what you need, no, yeah Oh, oh, baby Get what you need, ooh-ooh-ooh You can't always get what you want Baby, uh-huh, ooh-ooh-ooh Oh, baby Oh Oh, oh, ooh Oh, oh, oh, ooh Oh, oh, ooh Oh, oh, ooh, yeah Oh, oh, ooh Oh, yeah, babe Oh, oh, yeah Oh, oh, yeah No, you can't always get what you want, oh-oh, yeah No, you can't always get what you want But you can get what you need, yeah, baby