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 was gonna meet the connection Well I could tell by her blood stain No, you can't always get what you want No, you can't always get what you want No, you can't always get what you want But if you try sometimes, you just might find You get what you need You get what you need I went down to the Chelsea drug store To get your prescription filled And I was standing in line with a Mr. Jimmy A man, did he look pretty ill And we decided we would have a soda My favorite flavor vanilla cream And I sung my song to a Mr. Jimmy And he said one word to me, and that was "death" You can't always get what you want No, you can't always get what you want No, you can't always get what you want But if you try sometimes, you just might find You get what you need You get what you need You get what you need I went down to the demonstration To get my fair share of abuse Saying "we're gonna vent our frustration And if we don't, we're gonna blow a 50 amp fuse" No, you can't always get what you want No, you can't always get what you want No, you can't always get what you want But if you try sometimes, you just might find You get what you need You get what you need No, you can't always get what you want No, you can't always get what you want No, you can't always get what you want But you can't always get, you can't always get what you want (yeah) No, you can't always get what you want No, you can't always get what you want No, you can't always get what you want No, you can't always get what you want No, you can't always get what you want But if you try sometimes, you just might find You get what you need You get what you need You get what you need You get what you need