The Genie - Don Henley

Is this what you wanted?

Did you even think twice?

Didn’t they tell you that anything that feels this good

Comes with a price

It gave you such a rush

Now you think you’ve had enough

It’s not that easy to walk away

This is the hard stuff

You can’t get the genie back in the bottle

You can’t get the genie back in the bottle

You can’t get the genie back in the bottle

You can’t get the genie back in the bottle

And everything matters, everything matters

Every little thing you do

That smoldering tingle under your skin

That sweet, delicious, but not-so-original sin

And when the world becomes too little or too much

The shadow mind contrives

The triumph and the tragedy that we invite into our lives

And Adam glanced back at the tree

As he was leaving

Said, «Baby, that’s the price we pay

Knowing is grieving»

You can’t get the genie back in the bottle

You can’t get the genie back in the bottle

You can’t get the genie back in the bottle

You can’t get the genie back in the bottle

And everything matters, everything matters

Everything you say, everything you do

And the past comes back to smack you around

For all the things you thought you got for free

For the arrogance to think that you could somehow

Defy the laws of gravity

These are lessons in humility

Penitence for past offenses

Consequences, consequences

You can’t get the genie back in the bottle

You can’t get the genie back in the bottle

You can’t get the genie back in the bottle

You can’t get the genie back in the bottle