You Can't Always Get What You Want

by The Rolling Stones

From the album: Singles Collection: The London Years

Track 50 of 58 on Singles Collection: The London Years (1989).

Duration: 5:11

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Lyrics for 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 her 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 sometimes you find You get what you need 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 her 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 you might find You get what you need Oh yeah, baby 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 gonna blow a 50 amp fuse" Sing it to me, ladies 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, baby, yeah 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 "dead" I said to him You can't always get what you want, Lord You can't always get what you want, I tell you, baby You can't always get what you want But if you try sometimes you just might find You get what you need Oh, yes Woah You get what you need, yeah, oh baby Oh, forget it 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 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 just might find you get what you need, oh yeah You can't always get what you want, no, no 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 just might find you get what you need Oh, yeah Oh, you get what you need

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