Three Wishes

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, we went down, and I put the children to bed
And I tidied the flat and everything
And they were asleep and everything was a kind of night
And 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 been in Hell, because I 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 all were 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 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 a window
Who you've just learned to miss
And the road leads on to glory
But you used up your last wish
Your last wish
And you want her to come home

I go there, um, sometimes twice a year now, sometimes only once
And sometimes when I feel like crying, I just go there