day after day I'm forgetting to say
something new, something nice
how are you what do you like?
shall we do something tonight?
but this don't seem the jacket I thought I'd been fitted for
it's tight round the neck and I swear I could use these arms before you tied me in
yeah, I guided your hand

don't tell me I'm wrong
in such a pretty song

cause you don't always get what it is you want
put it in a list, doesn't mean it's bought
we can sing about it, I can shut this door
cause I don't always get what it is you want

jeans that won't close, a shirt that's mostly holes
shoes that only bind
a serviceable jersey in a colour that a clown would walk right by
we had made-to-fit plans
then we bought this kit-set second-hand
we were looking at a long-term finance plan
but neither of us noticed when we stopped holding hands

clothes I thought so fine
tighter all the time

cause you don't always get what it is you want
put it in a list doesn't mean it's bought
we can sing about it I can shut this door
cause I don't always get what it is you want