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
As to who Perry is without the pain that shaped so much of her life, a question she poses in a lyric on her new record, she pauses.
From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026
The 67-year-old described this lyric as a "manifesto" for her new music.
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026
“What else? Homer, surely. And the lyric poets.”
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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