You Can't Always Get What You Want (Live / Forest National Arena, Brussels / 17/10/73)

[Intro]

I saw her today at the reception

A glass of wine in her hands

I knew she was gonna meet her connection

At her feet was a footloose man

Now 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

Oh, yeah, you get what you need

Yeah, ain't that the truth yeah?

[Verse]

Oh, sing it pretty

And I went down to the demonstration, yeah

To get my fair shares of abuse

Singing, "We're gonna vent our frustration

And if we don't, we going to blow a 50-amp fuse"

Sing it

[Chorus]

You can't always get what you want

You can't always get what you want

You can't always get what you want

Yeah, baby, if you try sometimes

Oh, you might find

You get what you need

Yeah, I wouldn't lie to you, baby

[Verse]

And I went down to the Chelsea drugstore

To get your prescriptions filled

I was standing in line with Mr. Jimmy

Yeah man, did he look pretty ill

We decided we would have a soda

Yeah, what's your favorite flavor? Oh, cherry red

I sung my song to  my friend Jimmy

Yeah, he turned 'round and said one word to me, and that was "death"

[Chorus]

I said 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

Yeah, baby, if you try sometimes

Yeah, you get what you need

Yeah, baby

Ain't it true sometime?

[Solos]

Ooh yeah

Oh yeah

Oh yeah yeah yeah

Oh baby

Shicka?

Yeah and I saw her today at the reception

In her glass was a bleeding man

She was practiced at the arts of deception

Yeah, I could tell, I could tell by her blood-stained hands, yeah

[Outro]

Yeah, you can't always get what you want

You can't always get what you want

You can't always get what you want

Yeah, if you try sometimes, yeah, you just might find

You just might find you get what you need, yeah

?

Let's do one more

Yeah you can't always get what you want (no, baby)

You can't always get what you want

Yeah, you can't always get what you want

Yeah, but if you try sometimes, you just might find

You get what you need

Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!

Ooh yeah

Aww baby