You Can't Always Get What You Want (Live)

And I saw her today at the reception And glass of wine in her hand I knew she was gonna meet her connection At her feet was a footloose man Okay, guys Now you can't (always get what you want) yeah Now you can't (always get what you want) Now you can't (always get what you want) yeah And if you try sometimes, you just might find You get what you need Baby, yeah And I went down to the demonstration To get my fair share of abuse Singing "We're gonna vent our frustrations And if we don't we're gonna blow a 50-amp fuse" Come on, gals You can't always get what you want You can't always get what you want You can't always get what you want And if you try sometimes, you just might find You get what you need Baby, oh truly And I went down to the Chelsea drugstore To get your prescription filled I was standing in line with Mr. Jimmy Yeah man, did he look pretty ill We decided to have a soda My favorite flavor, cherry red And I sung my song to my friend Jimmy And he said one word back to me, and that was "dead" I said You can't always get what you want You can't always get what you want You can't always get what you want And if you try sometimes, you just might find You get what you need Oh baby (You get what you need) Come on, you (You get what you need) (You get what you need) You get what you need, baby (You get what you need) oh yeah And 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 get what you need Oh baby (what you need) Oh yeah, come on I know, baby Come up to me You can't always get what you want You can't always get what you want You can't always get what you want And if you try sometimes you just might find You get what you need Yeah...