You Can’t Always Get What You Want (One World: Together At Home)

[Verse 1]

When I saw her today at the reception

A glass of wine in her hand

I knew she was gonna meet her connection

At her feet was a footloose man

[Chorus]

Now, you can't always get what you want

Now, you can't always get what you want

Now, you can't always get what you want

But if you try sometimes

You just might find

You get what you need, oh yeah

You get what you need

[Verse 2]

So I went down to the demonstration

To get my fair shares of abuse

Singing, "We're gonna vent our frustration

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

Sing it

[Chorus]

You can't always get what you want, mmm

Now, you can't always get what you want

Now, you can't always get what you want

But if you try sometimes

Well, you just might find

You get what you need, truly

[Verse 3]

So I went down to the Chelsea drugstore

To get your prescription filled

I was standing in line with Mr. Jimmy

And man, did he look pretty ill

We decided to have a soda

What's your favorite flavor? Cherry red

And I sung my song to my friend Jimmy

And he said one word back to me, that was "Death"

And I said

[Chorus]

Now, you can't always get what you want

Now, you can't always get what you want

Now, you can't always get what you want

But if you try sometimes

Yeah, you just might find

You get what you need

[Post-Chorus]

Wow, hmm, oh yeah

Now, mmm, mmm, yeah, ah yeah

You get what you need

Come on, Ronnie, oh

Yeah, ah yeah

[Bridge]

Hah!

Always get

Now you can't, sing it with me

Sing, ah

Now you can't get what you want

Now, you can't get what you want

[Chorus]

Yeah, you can't always get what you want

Yeah, you can't always get what you want

Now, you can't always get what you want

But if you try sometimes

Yeah, you might find

You get what you need

Ah yeah, ah yeah

Yeah, you can't always get what you want

Ah no, you can't always get what you want

Now, you can't always get what you want

But if you try sometimes

Yeah, you just might find

You get what you need

(Sometimes, you do)