The Rolling Stones - You Can't Always Get What You Want

"You Can't Always Get What You Want" is a song by the Rolling Stones on their 1969 album Let It Bleed. Written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, it was named as the 100th greatest song of all time by Rolling Stone magazine in its 2004 list of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time" before dropping a place the next year.

"You Can't Always Get What You Want" was recorded on 16 and 17 November 1968 at Olympic Sound Studios in London.

The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus was a concert show organised by the Rolling Stones on 11 December 1968. This was the last public performance of Brian Jones with the Rolling Stones.

Lyrics

I saw her today at the 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 But 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

But I went down to the demonstration To get your fair share of abuse Singing, "We're gonna vent our frustration If we don't we're gonna blow a fifty-amp fuse" Y

ou 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

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 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 get what you need

You get what you need, yeah, oh baby

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 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, oh yeah

Songwriters: Keith Richards / Mick Jagger

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