lyric
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Its most famous lyric is: “You can’t always get what you want, but if you try sometimes, you might find, you get what you need.”
From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026
By the second track, Stupid Song, they've hooked up; and she's so happy she can't write a sensible lyric.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
Some songs embed themselves so deeply in our lives that they become part of our emotional fabric, pieces of inextricable connective tissue that lift us up or mark milestones through a lyric or a melody.
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026
The 67-year-old described this lyric as a "manifesto" for her new music.
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026
Unlike Grandfather’s stories, which quieted the warring spirits within her with the softness of moonlight or the lyric timbre of a lone flute, Mrs. Rappaport’s speech thrilled her like sunlight and trumpets.
From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord
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