You Can't Always Get What You Want

I saw her today at the reception A glass of wine in her hand I knew she would meet her connection At her feet was a footloose man No, 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'll find You get what you need 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 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 might find You get what you need Verse 2 And I went down to the demonstration To get my fair share of abuse Singing, We're gonna vent our frustration If we don't, we're going to blow a 50-amp fuse Sing it to me 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 Verse 3 I went down to the Chelsea drugstore To get your prescription filled I was standing in line with Mr. Jimmy And man, did he look pretty ill We decided that we would 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 death I said to him: 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 You get what you need, yeah, oh baby Verse 4 I saw her today at the reception In her glass was a bleeding man She was practiced at the art of deception Well I could tell by her blood-stained hands Sing it to me Outro You can't always get what you want, yeah You can't always get what you want, ooh 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, ah yeah Ah yeah Wooh Ah you can't always get what you want no no You can't always get what you want you can't no no You can't always get what you want ...mmm but if you try sometimes, you just might find You just might find you get what you need Ah yeah Ah yeah Yeah