Genie Songtext
von Kiernan

See your job out in the city
Isn′t cutting it for me
You've got three kids and a wife
Going hungry

You said let′s move to Alaska
I was the first to ask ya
What does that really mean

So I started a-workin'
Got a job down at the station
Reporting on all sorts of things

Like they built us a new mall
I noticed your problem with alcohol
But overall, it was alright


Then the earth
Started a-quakin
All the lives
That'd been taken
Mr. Jennings would like to know
If his kids are alright
I said over the radio

See, I was afraid of loosing purpose
I was afraid of loosing you
So, I got up and found some work
Yes, covered the blue on my eyes from you

And I think you got jealous
Of my new-found happiness
I was all over the news

The blond girl from Texas
Living up in Anchorage
Found a purpose other than
You

Then the Earth
Started a-quakin
All the lives
That′d been taken
Can we get a few folks
To clean up the debris
Over at JCPenney


See, I was afraid of loosing purpose
I was afraid of loosing you
So, I got up and found some work
Yes, covered the blue on my eyes from you

And I never did share my deepest truth
That my body was aching too
Anchorage was quaking, quaking, quaking
My body was quaking too

My body was