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You Can’t Always Get What You Want
Morrissey, Bill & Brown, Greg
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I saw her today at the reception
A glass of wine in her hand
I knew she's gonna meet her connection
At her feet was a footloose man
And you can't always get what you want
No, you can't always get what you want
You can't always get what you want
But if you try sometime you just might find
You can, you can get what you need
I went down to the Chelsea drugstore
To get my prescription filled
I was standing in line next to Mr. Jitters
The man said he looked kinda ill
And we decided that we would have a soda
My favorite flavor, cherry red
And they said that they were all out of it
Would I rather have some other kind instead?
Well, you can't always get what you want
You can't always get what you want
No, you can't always get what you want
But if you try sometime you just might find
You can, you can get what you need
I went down to the demonstration
To get my fair share of abuse
You know we're gonna vent our frustration
But if we don't, we're gonna blow a 50-amp fuse
'Cause you can't always get what you want
No, you can't always get what you want
It's sad but true that you can't always get what you want
But if you try sometime you just might find
You can, you can get what you need
You can get what you need
Way down, way down, way down, way down, way down, way down in there
You can get what you
What you really, really, really, really
Really, really, really, really, really
You can get what you need
You can get what you need
You can't always get what you want
But if you try sometime you might find
You can get what you really, really
Really, really, really, really need