En You can?t always get what you want, Jagger dice que no siempre puedes tener lo que quieres, se enfrenta con la canción de Queen, que decía: lo quiero todo y ahora mismo. Bien, ambas canciones hablan del deseo, algo crucial en la filosofía. Porque la filosofía enseguida se dio cuenta de que buena parte del sufrimiento tenía su origen en los deseos. Para eso, para vencerlos o tenerlos a raya, Epicuro los clasificó en necesarios, naturales y ni necesarios ni naturales. Ejemplo: necesario sería comer, claro; pero innecesario sería comer demasiado, un banquete cada día. Y entre los deseos ni naturales ni necesarios, el poder, las riquezas, los cargos. Curiosamente todos aquellos que nos hacen más infelices.
I saw her today at a reception A glass of wine in her hand I knew she would meet her connection At her feet was her footloose man No, 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 sometime you find You get what you need 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 Oh yeah, hey hey hey, oh... And I went down to the demonstration To get my fair share of abuse Singing, "We're gonna vent our frustration If we don't we're gonna blow a 50-amp fuse" Sing it to me now... 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 Oh baby, yeah, yeah! 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, no! You can't always get what you want (tell ya baby) You can't always get what you want (no) But if you try sometimes you just might find You get what you need Oh yes! Woo! You get what you need--yeah, oh baby! Oh yeah! 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 (no, no baby) 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, ah yes...