You Never Get What You Want



    You first found me in my holding pen
    Stopped to take a look and stuck your finger in
    I bit one off and you came back again and again
    Then the nice people let me out one day
    And you told me how to act and
    What to say
    But you never get what you wanted that way

    You never get what you want
    You never get what you want and I don't think it's my fault
    You never get what you want, do you baby?

    Everything's always such a mystery
    Including your sad little history
    Do you still think someone should take responsibility and pay
    Ever since I've know you you've walked that walk
    You've broken all the records
    Now you've broken all the clocks
    And everytime it breaks my heart to hear you talk this way

    You never get what you want
    You never get what you want and I don't think it's my fault
    You never get what you want, do you baby?

    Everybody's been sad, everybody's been tragic
    Whole lot of hard times, whole little bit of magic
    These bitter bitter fruits and these endless hallways
    They're killing us baby
    We gotta walk away, walk away

    You never get what you want
    You never get what you want
    You spend your whole time thinkin 'bout why I'm so deranged
    Well honey, why don't you think about that for a change?
    You never get what you want
    You never get what you want
    Your whole damn life
    You never get what you want
    Not your whole damn life
    You never get what you want
    And I don't think it's my fault
    You never get what you want
    Do you baby

    From Living With Ghosts
    ©1996 One Big Love Music/Chrome Dog Music (ASCAP)

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