(Don Henley/Stan Lynch/Stuart Brawley) 
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