(Don Henley/Stan Lynch/Stuart Brawley)
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Is this what you wanted?
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Did you even think twice?
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Didn't they tell you that anything that feels this good
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Comes with a price
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It gave you such a rush
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Now you think you've had enough
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It's not that easy to walk away
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This is the hard stuff
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You can't get the genie back in the bottle
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You can't get the genie back in the bottle
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You can't get the genie back in the bottle
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You can't get the genie back in the bottle
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And everything matters, everything matters
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Every little thing you do
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That smoldering tingle under your skin
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That sweet, delicious, but not-so-original sin
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And when the world becomes too little or too much
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The shadow mind contrives
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The triumph and the tragedy that we invite into our lives
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And Adam glanced back at the tree
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As he was leaving
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Said, "Baby, that's the price we pay
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Knowing is grieving"
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You can't get the genie back in the bottle
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You can't get the genie back in the bottle
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You can't get the genie back in the bottle
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You can't get the genie back in the bottle
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And everything matters, everything matters
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Everything you say, everything you do
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And the past comes back to smack you around
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For all the things you thought you got for free
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For the arrogance to think that you could somehow
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Defy the laws of gravity
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These are lessons in humility
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Penitence for past offenses
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Consequences, consequences
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You can't get the genie back in the bottle
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You can't get the genie back in the bottle
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You can't get the genie back in the bottle
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You can't get the genie back in the bottle
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The Genie
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| Don Henley |
