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 And I said That you can't always get what you want, honey You can't always get what you want You can't always get what you want But if you try sometimes, well, you might just find You get what you need! Oh, yeah, yeah So, I went down to the Chelsea Drugstore To get your prescription filled I was standing in line with your friend Jimmy And, man, did he look pretty ill We decided that we would have a soda My favorite flavour is cherry red I sung my song to my friend Mr. Jimmy And he said one word to me, and that was: Dead And I said That you can't always get what you want, honey You can not always get the man that you want And you can not always get the man that you want But if you try sometimes, you just might find You just might find You get what you need! (Oh, babe, oh, yeah!) I saw her today at the reception In her glass was a bleeding man She was practiced at the art of deception I could tell by her blood-stained hands And I said That 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! And you can't always get what you want You can't always satisfy your greed 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! Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah, babe Oh, babe