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