You Can’t Always Get What You Want (One World: Together At Home)

[Verse 1] When 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 a footloose man [Chorus] Now, you can't always get what you want Now, you can't always get what you want Now, you can't always get what you want But if you try sometimes You just might find You get what you need, oh yeah You get what you need [Verse 2] So I went down to the demonstration To get my fair shares of abuse Singing, "We're gonna vent our frustration And if we don't, we're going to blow a 50-amp fuse" Sing it [Chorus] You can't always get what you want, mmm Now, you can't always get what you want Now, you can't always get what you want But if you try sometimes Well, you just might find You get what you need, truly [Verse 3] So 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 to have a soda What's your favorite flavor? Cherry red And I sung my song to my friend Jimmy And he said one word back to me, that was "Death" And I said [Chorus] Now, you can't always get what you want Now, you can't always get what you want Now, you can't always get what you want But if you try sometimes Yeah, you just might find You get what you need [Post-Chorus] Wow, hmm, oh yeah Now, mmm, mmm, yeah, ah yeah You get what you need Come on, Ronnie, oh Yeah, ah yeah [Bridge] Hah! Always get Now you can't, sing it with me Sing, ah Now you can't get what you want Now, you can't get what you want [Chorus] Yeah, you can't always get what you want Yeah, you can't always get what you want Now, you can't always get what you want But if you try sometimes Yeah, you might find You get what you need Ah yeah, ah yeah Yeah, you can't always get what you want Ah no, you can't always get what you want Now, you can't always get what you want But if you try sometimes Yeah, you just might find You get what you need (Sometimes, you do)