You Can't Want What You Always Get Lyrics
| Song | You Can't Want What You Always Get |
| Artist | Peter Hammill |
| Album | Roaring Forties |
| Download | Image LRC TXT |
| Give it a bit of hard on the rudder | |
| hot on the heels of foot to the floor; | |
| setting your mind on one thing or the other, | |
| do you still find you're always wanting something more? | |
| Yes, and the thing you want forever | |
| is always the thing you can never have – | |
| I want doesn't get. | |
| Try out the line of "This is original"; | |
| spin out the story: "This is brand new"; | |
| give it a bit of "I never felt like this before"; | |
| cut to the chase: "I only want you". | |
| Oh yes, and the one you want forever | |
| will always be the one you can never have... | |
| I want | |
| doesn't get | |
| I want | |
| doesn't get | |
| (Here's a message from the future | |
| you don't have time to forget... | |
| Here's a message from the darkside: | |
| better live with your regrets.) | |
| And the thing you want's forever, | |
| it's always, the thing you can never have... | |
| I want doesn't get. | |
| Who was it told you you were the gifted one? | |
| Who was it said that yours is the lucky star? | |
| Somehow you're always looking to shed your next skin, | |
| always too busy to be who and what you are. | |
| Still the one you chase forever | |
| turns into the one you can never have. | |
| I want | |
| doesn't get | |
| I want | |
| to turn the clock back | |
| (Here's a message for your present | |
| and there isn't any catch: | |
| better live the life you're living, | |
| no conditions are attached.) | |
| You can't live a life as constant acquisition; | |
| you're missing the present, | |
| always looking to live in the future tense. | |
| You build up your hopes for Corpus Non Delicti... | |
| The Crack of Temples – | |
| who're you going to sue for recompense | |
| when the thing you want forever | |
| will always be the thing you could have had? | |
| I want | |
| just means I lack | |
| but I don't want | |
| to turn the clock back | |
| I want | |
| doesn't get | |
| I want | |
| doesn't get. | |
| (Here's a message from the future | |
| that you'd better not forget... | |
| Here's a message from the darkside | |
| better live with your regrets. | |
| Here's a message for the present | |
| if you haven't got it yet: | |
| better live the life you're living.) |
| Give it a bit of hard on the rudder | |
| hot on the heels of foot to the floor | |
| setting your mind on one thing or the other, | |
| do you still find you' re always wanting something more? | |
| Yes, and the thing you want forever | |
| is always the thing you can never have | |
| I want doesn' t get. | |
| Try out the line of " This is original" | |
| spin out the story: " This is brand new" | |
| give it a bit of " I never felt like this before" | |
| cut to the chase: " I only want you". | |
| Oh yes, and the one you want forever | |
| will always be the one you can never have... | |
| I want | |
| doesn' t get | |
| I want | |
| doesn' t get | |
| Here' s a message from the future | |
| you don' t have time to forget... | |
| Here' s a message from the darkside: | |
| better live with your regrets. | |
| And the thing you want' s forever, | |
| it' s always, the thing you can never have... | |
| I want doesn' t get. | |
| Who was it told you you were the gifted one? | |
| Who was it said that yours is the lucky star? | |
| Somehow you' re always looking to shed your next skin, | |
| always too busy to be who and what you are. | |
| Still the one you chase forever | |
| turns into the one you can never have. | |
| I want | |
| doesn' t get | |
| I want | |
| to turn the clock back | |
| Here' s a message for your present | |
| and there isn' t any catch: | |
| better live the life you' re living, | |
| no conditions are attached. | |
| You can' t live a life as constant acquisition | |
| you' re missing the present, | |
| always looking to live in the future tense. | |
| You build up your hopes for Corpus Non Delicti... | |
| The Crack of Temples | |
| who' re you going to sue for recompense | |
| when the thing you want forever | |
| will always be the thing you could have had? | |
| I want | |
| just means I lack | |
| but I don' t want | |
| to turn the clock back | |
| I want | |
| doesn' t get | |
| I want | |
| doesn' t get. | |
| Here' s a message from the future | |
| that you' d better not forget... | |
| Here' s a message from the darkside | |
| better live with your regrets. | |
| Here' s a message for the present | |
| if you haven' t got it yet: | |
| better live the life you' re living. |
| Give it a bit of hard on the rudder | |
| hot on the heels of foot to the floor | |
| setting your mind on one thing or the other, | |
| do you still find you' re always wanting something more? | |
| Yes, and the thing you want forever | |
| is always the thing you can never have | |
| I want doesn' t get. | |
| Try out the line of " This is original" | |
| spin out the story: " This is brand new" | |
| give it a bit of " I never felt like this before" | |
| cut to the chase: " I only want you". | |
| Oh yes, and the one you want forever | |
| will always be the one you can never have... | |
| I want | |
| doesn' t get | |
| I want | |
| doesn' t get | |
| Here' s a message from the future | |
| you don' t have time to forget... | |
| Here' s a message from the darkside: | |
| better live with your regrets. | |
| And the thing you want' s forever, | |
| it' s always, the thing you can never have... | |
| I want doesn' t get. | |
| Who was it told you you were the gifted one? | |
| Who was it said that yours is the lucky star? | |
| Somehow you' re always looking to shed your next skin, | |
| always too busy to be who and what you are. | |
| Still the one you chase forever | |
| turns into the one you can never have. | |
| I want | |
| doesn' t get | |
| I want | |
| to turn the clock back | |
| Here' s a message for your present | |
| and there isn' t any catch: | |
| better live the life you' re living, | |
| no conditions are attached. | |
| You can' t live a life as constant acquisition | |
| you' re missing the present, | |
| always looking to live in the future tense. | |
| You build up your hopes for Corpus Non Delicti... | |
| The Crack of Temples | |
| who' re you going to sue for recompense | |
| when the thing you want forever | |
| will always be the thing you could have had? | |
| I want | |
| just means I lack | |
| but I don' t want | |
| to turn the clock back | |
| I want | |
| doesn' t get | |
| I want | |
| doesn' t get. | |
| Here' s a message from the future | |
| that you' d better not forget... | |
| Here' s a message from the darkside | |
| better live with your regrets. | |
| Here' s a message for the present | |
| if you haven' t got it yet: | |
| better live the life you' re living. |
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