The Genie Lyrics - 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've 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 

You can't get the genie back in the bottle 

You can't get the genie back in the bottle 

No, you can't get the genie back in the bottle 

Back in the bottle, no power, no potion 

No possession, no ocean