The song lyrics were written by the band Van Halen, as they were asked to write a song for the 1979 movie "Over the Edge" starring Matt Dillon. The movie (and the lyrics, although more obliquely) are about bored, rebellious youth with nothing better to do than get into trouble. If you see the movie, these lyrics will make more sense. It's a great movie if you grew up in the 70s/80s you'll definitely remember some of these characters from your own life. Fun fact, after writing the song, Van Halen decided not to let the movie use it.
I saw her today at the reception
A glass of wine in her hand
I knew she was gonna meet the connection
Well I could tell by her blood stain
No, you can't always get what you want
No, you can't always get what you want
No, 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
I went down to the Chelsea drug store
To get your prescription filled
And I was standing in line with a Mr. Jimmy
A man, did he look pretty ill
And we decided we would have a soda
My favorite flavor vanilla cream
And I sung my song to a Mr. Jimmy
And he said one word to me, and that was "death"
You can't always get what you want
No, you can't always get what you want
No, 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
You get what you need
I went down to the demonstration
To get my fair share of abuse
Saying "we're gonna vent our frustration
And if we don't, we're gonna blow a 50 amp fuse"
No, you can't always get what you want
No, you can't always get what you want
No, 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
No, you can't always get what you want
No, you can't always get what you want
No, you can't always get what you want
But you can't always get, you can't always get what you want (yeah)
No, you can't always get what you want
No, you can't always get what you want
No, you can't always get what you want
No, you can't always get what you want
No, 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
You get what you need
You get what you need
A glass of wine in her hand
I knew she was gonna meet the connection
Well I could tell by her blood stain
No, you can't always get what you want
No, you can't always get what you want
No, 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
I went down to the Chelsea drug store
To get your prescription filled
And I was standing in line with a Mr. Jimmy
A man, did he look pretty ill
And we decided we would have a soda
My favorite flavor vanilla cream
And I sung my song to a Mr. Jimmy
And he said one word to me, and that was "death"
You can't always get what you want
No, you can't always get what you want
No, 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
You get what you need
I went down to the demonstration
To get my fair share of abuse
Saying "we're gonna vent our frustration
And if we don't, we're gonna blow a 50 amp fuse"
No, you can't always get what you want
No, you can't always get what you want
No, 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
No, you can't always get what you want
No, you can't always get what you want
No, you can't always get what you want
But you can't always get, you can't always get what you want (yeah)
No, you can't always get what you want
No, you can't always get what you want
No, you can't always get what you want
No, you can't always get what you want
No, 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
You get what you need
You get what you need
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