I saw her today at the reception
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,
You can't always get what you want.
You can't always get what you want
But if you try sometimes, yeah,
You just might find
You get what you need!

I went down to the demonstration
To get our fair share of abuse,
Singing, "we gonna vent our [bad word] "
If we don't we're gonna blow a fifty amp fuse.

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 sometimes, yeah,
You just might find
You get what you need!

So, I went to the chelsea [bad word] 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 flavour, cherry red.
I song my song to Mr. Jimmy,
And he said one word to me and that was "dead".

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 sometimes, yeah,
You just might find,
But if you try sometimes, yeah,
You just might find,
You get what you need!

You can't always get what you want,
You can't always get what you want.
You can't always get what you want...