809 – The Rolling Stones – You can't always get what you want (1969)

Escrita por Mick Jagger e Keith Richards, foi gravada em 17 e 18 de novembro de 1968 e lançada em 4 de julho de 1969 no compacto que tinha Honky Tonk woman como Lado A. É o número 100 da lista das 500 maiores canções de todos os tempos da revista Rolling Stone.

Foi difícil de gravar pois Charlie Watts nao conseguiu fazer o groove e o produtor Jimmy Miller foi quem tocou a bateria. Al Kooper foi quem tocou piano e orgao. A letra fala sobre os temas em voga nos anos 60: Amos, política e drogas. A sequencia de cada verso é: otimismo, desilusão e o progmatismo do refrão.

Mick Jagger canta e toca violão. Keith Richards toca violão e guitarra e faz backing vocals. Bill Wyman toca baixo. Al Kooper toca piano e orgao. Jimmy Miller toca bateria. Rocky Dijon toca congas, maracas e pandeiro. Doris Troy faz backing vocals.

A letra:

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"

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 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

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