You Can't Always Get What You Want (The Rolling Stones) 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 You can't always get what you want But if you try sometimes you just might find You'll get what you need I went down to the demonstration To get my fair share of abuse Singing "we're gonna vent our frustrations And if we don't we're gonna blow a 50-amp fuse" 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 that we would have a soda My favorite flavor, cherry red I sung my song to Mr. Jimmy And he said one word to me, and that was "dead," I said to him You can't always get what you want But if you try sometimes you just might find You'll get what you need I saw her today at the reception In her glass was a bleeding man She was practiced at the art of deception Well I could tell by her bloodstained hands You can't always get what you want But if you try sometimes you just might find You'll get what you need