Lyrics:

You saw her today at the reception
A glass of wine in her hands
I knew she was gonna meet her connection
At her feet was a footloose man
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, oh yeah
You get what you need, yeah
Ain't that peculiar, oh, sing it -
And I went down to the demonstration, yeah
To get my fair shares of abuse
Singing, 'We're gonna vent our frustration
And if we don't, we're gonna blow a 50-amp fuse'
Sing it
Yeah, you can't always get what you want
You can't always get what you want
You can't always get what you want
Yeah, but if you try sometimes
Y'all, you just might find
You get what you need
Yeah, I wouldn't lie to you, baby
And I went down to the Chelsea drug store
To get your prescriptions filled
I was standing in line with Mr. Jimmy
Yeah, man, did he look pretty ill
We decided we would have a soda
Yeah, what's your favourite flavour? Oh, cherry red
Yeah, I sung my song to my friend Jimmy
Yeah, he turned 'round and said one word to me, and that was, 'Dead'
I said
You can't always get what you want
Yeah, you can't always get what you want
You can't always get what you want
Yeah, but if you try sometimes
Yeah, yeah, you get what you need
Yeah, babe
Ain't it true sometimes?

Ooh yeah, oh yeah
Oh yeah, oh yeah, yeah
Oh, baby
Yeah
And I saw her today in reception
In her glass was a bleeding man
She was practised at the art of deception
Yeah, I could tell, I could tell by her blood-stained hands, yeah, yeah
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, yeah
Come on, let's do it one more
Yeah, you can't always get what you want, no, baby
Yeah, you can't always get what you want
Yeah, you can't always get what you want
Yeah, but if you try sometime, you just might find
You get what you need
Yeah (yeah), yeah (yeah)
Whoo! Oh, yeah
Oh, baby