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 going, to meet her connection But I could tell, by her blood stained hands 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 I was standing in line with Mr. Jimmy And man did he look pretty ill And we decided that we would have a soda My favorite flavor vanilla cream And I sung my song to Mr. Jimmy And he said one word to me and that was dead 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 fifty 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 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