Three Wishes |
Woman: I went to buy a....a gas bottle. At first I wanted
to buy a big one, but then I hadn't got enough money,
so I had to buy a
smaller one. And I think if I bought a bigger one,
then it would have been
the way I wanted it.
And then, er, we went down, and I put the children to
bed.
And I tidied the flat and everything. And then they were asleep
and
everything was a kind of night. I made a bed in the bathroom.
I carried them
there, and put on the gas bottle.
But today when I think back about that,
If God did take me, then I would've have been in hell
because it wasn't right.
Reached back for the bottle
And rubbed against the lamp
Genie came out
smiling
Like some Eastern tramp
He said hey boy what's happening
What
is going on
You can have three wishes
If you don't take too long
If you
don't take too long
I said well
I wish they were all happy in the Lebanon
Wish somebody'd
help me write this song
I wish when I was young
My old man had not been
gone
Genie said consider it done
Whoa, There's something in the air
And you don't know what it is
You see someone through a window
Who you've just learned to miss
And
the road leads on to glory
But you've used up your last wish
Your last
wish
And you want her to come home
Bring her home
Genie said I'm
sorry
That's the way it goes
Where the hell's the lamp sucker
It's time
for me to go
Bye
There's something in the air
And you don't know what it is
You see
someone through the window
Who you've just learned to miss
And the road
leads on to glory
But you've used up your last wish
Your last wish
And you want her to come home
Woman: I go there sometimes twice a year now, sometimes only once.
And sometimes when I feel like
crying, I just...
