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I saw her today at the reception She had a glass of wine in her hand I knew she was gonna meet her connection And at her feet there was her footloose man You can't always get what you want I said you can't always get what you want You know you can't always get what you want But if you try sometimes you might find You get what you need, yeah Get what you need You know I went down to the demonstration Just to get my fair share of abuse Singing, "We're gonna vent our frustration And if we don't we're gonna blow a fifty amp fuse" You can't always get what you want I said you can't always get what you want You know you can't always get what you want But if you try sometimes you just might find You get what you need, oh yeah baby You just might get what you need I went down to the Chelsea drugstore I was trying to get your prescription filled I was standing in line with Mr Jimmy And man, did he look pretty ill We decided that we were gonna have a soda My favorite flavor, cherry red I sung my little song to Mr Jimmy And he said one word to me, and that was "Dead" You can't always get what you want I said 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, yeah You just might get what you need You know I saw her today at the reception In her glass there was a bleeding man She was practiced at the art of deception I could tell by, I could tell by her blood-stained hands You can't always get what you want You know you can't always get what you want I said you cannot always get what you want But if you try sometimes 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 You can't always get what you want You can't get what you want Just might get what you need You can't get what you want Just might get what you need You can't get what you want Just might get what you need You can't get what you want Just might get what you need You can't get what you want Just might get what you need You can't get what you want Just might get what you need You can't get what you want Just might get what you need You can't get what you want Just might get what you need But if you try sometimes You just might find You get what you need now, yeah You might get You might get what you need, yeah Sing it with me children, one more time You can't get what you want Just might get what you need You can't get what you want Just might get what you need You can't get what you want Just might get what you need You can't get what you want Just might get what you need You can't get what you want Just might get what you need You can't get what you want Just might get what you need You can't get what you want Just might get what you need You can't get what you want Just might get what you need Well, if you try sometimes You just might find You get what you need You might get what you need
