I passed a little shop,
and there I had to stop
Inside the window was a
tarnished lamp of gold
But it took it home,
and when I got along
Roughed it like the story I'd been
told so long ago
Genie, genie, grant to me just
one wish and that should be
I hold her love instead of misery
Genie, genie, don't you know
Love must have a time to grow
One wish can't make
it last forevermore
So it came to be
She fell in love with me
But it didn't really work
out too perfectly
Genie had been kind,
but in too little time
He'd given love that
came to us too easily
Genie,
Genie, grant to me
Just one wish and that should be
I hold her love instead of misery
Genie, genie, don't you know,
love must have a time to grow
One wish can't make it
last forever more
And now the lamp stands by itself,
an ornament upon my shelf
Pulling up some books
I've never read them
And though the genie stands alone I got her love back on
my own I'll never need the genie's help again
Genie, genie grant to me
Just one wish and that should be I
hold her love instead of misery
Genie, genie, don't you know, love must have a time to grow,
one wish can't make it last forever more.