You Can't Always Get What You Want

I saw her today at her 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 You get what you need 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, honey) 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 You get what you need I went down to the Chelsea drugstore To get your prescription filled I was standing in line with Mr. Jimmy 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 He said one word to me, and that was, "dead" I said to him 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 But if you try, sometimes, you just might You get what you need, oh, yeah Oh, you get what you need 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 You can't always get what you want You can't always get what you want But if you try, sometimes, you just might You just might You get what you need Oh, yeah You can't always get what you want (No no, baby) You can't always get what you want You can't always get what you want But if you try, sometimes, you just might You get what you need You get what you need Oh yeah You can't always get what you want You can't always get what you want