You Can't Always Get What You Want (Remastered 2019)
The Rolling Stones"You Can't Always Get What You Want (Remastered 2019)" is a song by The Rolling Stones, released in 1969 in the Pop genre. The song is 6:12 long and contains 63 lines and 433 words.
0:01I saw her today at a reception
0:08A glass of wine in her hand
0:14I knew she would meet her connection
0:19At her feet was her footloose man
0:25No you can't always get what you want
0:31You can't always get what you want
0:37You can't always get what you want
0:43And if you try sometime you find
0:48You get what you need
1:15I saw her today at the reception
1:22A glass of wine in her hand
1:27I knew she was gonna meet her connection
1:33At her feet was her footloose man
1:39You can't always get what you want
1:45You can't always get what you want
1:51You can't always get what you want
1:56But if you try sometimes you might find
2:02You get what you need
2:04Oh yeah hey hey hey oh
2:13And I went down to the demonstration
2:19To get my fair share of abuse
2:23Singing We're gonna vent our frustration
2:29If we don't we're gonna blow a 50-amp fuse
2:33Sing it to me now
2:35You can't always get what you want
2:40You can't always get what you want
2:46You can't always get what you want
2:51But if you try sometimes well you just might find
2:56You get what you need
2:58Oh baby yeah yeah
3:07I went down to the Chelsea drugstore
3:12To get your prescription filled
3:18I was standing in line with Mr Jimmy
3:23And man did he look pretty ill
3:28We decided that we would have a soda
3:34My favorite flavor cherry red
3:39I sung my song to Mr Jimmy
3:44Yeah and he said one word to me and that was "dead"
3:48I said to him
3:50You can't always get what you want no
3:55You can't always get what you want (tell ya baby)
4:00You can't always get what you want (no)
4:05But if you try sometimes you just might find
4:10You get what you need
4:13Oh yes Woo
4:50You get what you need--yeah oh baby
4:57Oh yeah
5:00I saw her today at the reception
5:05In her glass was a bleeding man
5:10She was practiced at the art of deception
5:15Well I could tell by her blood-stained hands
5:21You can't always get what you want
5:26You can't always get what you want
5:32You can't always get what you want
5:37But if you try sometimes you just might find
5:40You just might find
5:42You get what you need
5:53You can't always get what you want (no no baby)
5:58You can't always get what you want
6:03You can't always get what you want
6:08But if you try sometimes you just might find
6:11You just might find
6:12You get what you need ah yes
I saw her today at a reception A glass of wine in her hand I knew she would meet her connection At her feet was her footloose man No you can't always get what you want You can't always get what you want You can't always get what you want And if you try sometime you find You get what you need 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 her 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 you might find You get what you need Oh yeah hey hey hey oh And I went down to the demonstration To get my fair share of abuse Singing We're gonna vent our frustration If we don't we're gonna blow a 50-amp fuse Sing it to me 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 sometimes well you just might find You get what you need Oh baby yeah yeah 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 Yeah and he said one word to me and that was "dead" I said to him You can't always get what you want no You can't always get what you want (tell ya baby) You can't always get what you want (no) But if you try sometimes you just might find You get what you need Oh yes Woo You get what you need--yeah oh baby Oh yeah 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 blood-stained hands 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 you just might find You just might find You get what you need You can't always get what you want (no no baby) You can't always get what you want You can't always get what you want But if you try sometimes you just might find You just might find You get what you need ah yes
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