Genie in a Bottle

Album: Christina Aguilera (1999)
Charted: 1 1
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  • Come on, come on
    Uh, yeah
    Come on, come on, uh

    I feel like I've been locked up tight
    For a century of lonely nights
    Waiting for someone to release me
    You're lickin' your lips
    And blowing kisses my way
    But that don't mean I'm gonna give it away
    Baby, baby, baby (baby, baby, baby)

    Oh, oh, oh
    My body's sayin' let's go
    Oh, oh, oh
    But my heart is sayin' no

    If you wanna be with me
    Baby, there's a price to pay
    I'm a genie in a bottle
    You gotta rub me the right way
    If you wanna be with me
    I can make your wish come true
    You gotta make a big impression (oh yeah)
    Gotta like what you do

    I'm a genie in a bottle, baby
    Gotta rub me the right way, honey
    I'm a genie in a bottle, baby
    Come come, come on and let me out

    The music's fading and the lights down low
    Just one more dance and then we're good to go
    Waiting for someone who needs me
    Hormones racing at the speed of light
    But that don't mean it's gotta be tonight
    Baby, baby, baby (baby, baby, baby)

    Oh, oh, oh
    My body's sayin' let's go
    Oh, oh, oh
    But my heart is sayin' no (but my heart is sayin' no)

    If you wanna be with me
    Baby, there's a price to pay
    I'm a genie in a bottle (I'm a genie in a bottle)
    You gotta rub me the right way
    If you wanna be with me (oh)
    I can make your wish come true (your wish come true oh)
    Just come and set me free, baby
    And I'll be with you

    I'm a genie in a bottle, baby
    Gotta rub me the right way, honey
    I'm a genie in a bottle, baby
    Come come, come on and let me out
    I'm a genie in a bottle, baby
    Gotta rub me the right way, honey
    (If you wanna be with me)
    I'm a genie in a bottle, baby
    Come come, come on and let me out

    Oh, oh, oh
    My body's sayin' let's go
    Oh, oh, oh
    But my heart is sayin' no

    If you wanna be with me
    Baby, there's a price to pay
    I'm a genie in a bottle (I'm a genie in a bottle)
    You gotta rub me the right way
    If you wanna be with me
    I can make your wish come true
    You gotta make a big impression
    Gotta like what you do
    If you wanna be with me
    Baby, there's a price to pay
    I'm a genie in a bottle (in a bottle baby)
    You gotta rub me the right way
    If you wanna be with me (if you wanna be with me)
    I can make your wish come true
    Just come and set me free, baby
    And I'll be with you

    I'm a genie in a bottle, baby
    Come come, come on and let me out Writer/s: David Frank, Pamela Sheyne, Stephen Kipner
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 2

  • George Pope from Vancouver BcDoesn't it sound like she's teling her lover that she is trapped in a relationship & if this lover wants to be with her, he must first release her to freedom from the bottle(being trapped in a loveless marriage, e.g.?); could be as benign as go tell the guy off, buy him off or bury him in a landfill; I don't think she cares which.
  • John from Nashville, TnOne of the co-writers, David Frank, was one-half of the intergrated duo the System. The duo scored a top-5 pop hit with "Don't Disturb This Groove".
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