You Can’t Always Get What You Want [Live at Earls Court 1976]

Lyrics

And I saw her today at the reception A glass of wine in her hands I knew she was gonna meet her connection At her feet was a footloose man [Chorus] Now you can't always get what you want You can't always get what you want You can't always get what you want And if you try sometimes You just might find You get what you need Yeah, you do, aye, aye [Verse 2] Yeah, and I went down to the demonstration To get my fair share of abuse Singing, "We're gonna vent our frustration And If we don't, we gonna blow a 50-amp fuse now" Sing it to me, sister [Chorus] You can't always get what you want, yeah You can't always get what you want You can't always get what you want But if you try sometimes You just might find You gеt what you need You need [Verse 3] And I went down to the Chelsеa drugstore To get your prescription filled I was standing in line with Mr. Jimmy Yeah, man, did he look pretty ill, yeah We decided that to have a soda My favorite flavor, cherry red And I sung my song to my friend Jimmy And he said one word back to me, and that was "dead" I said: [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 sometime You just might find You get what you need You hear what I said? Sugar [Guitar solo] Yeah, baby Oh, yeah [Verse 4] Yeah, I saw her today at the reception In her glass was a bleeding man She was practiced at the arts of deception I could tell, I could tell by her blood-stained hands [Outro] Now-ow, you can't always get what you want Ah, you can't always get what you want You can't always get what you want But if you try sometime You just might find You get what you need, ooh, yeah Do it one more time Now you can't always get what you want Now you can't always get what you want You can't always get what you want But if you try sometime Now you just might find You get what you need Yeah, yeah, yeah Oh, yeah