Well, I saw her today at the reception, a glass of wine in her hand.
I knew she was going to meet her connection, and her feet were footloose, ma'am.
But you can't always get what you want.
But you can't always get what you want.
But you can't always get what you want.
But if you try sometime, you just might find, you just might find, you get what you need.
You get what you need.
You get what you need.
Well, I went down to the Chelsea drugstore to get your prescription filled.
I was standing in line with Mr. Jimmy.
And a man said he looked very ill.
Well, we decided to go and have a soda.
My favorite flavor, cherry red.
And I sang my little song for Mr. Jimmy.
And he said a word to me, and I said, I said,
You can't always get what you want.
No, 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 just might find, you just might find,
you get what you need.
You get what you need.
I saw her today at the reception, and her glass was bleeding mainly.
She was practiced at the art of deception.
I could tell she wanted good clothes, you know.


by her bloodstains
That 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 just might find, you just might find
You get what you need
You get what you need
You can't always get what you want
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
You can't
Always get what you want
You can't
Always get what you want