Fell asleep to the lady on TV Tellin' me I could get all these things for free Then she showed up as a genie in my dreams Wearing a crown of jewels and other things But the genie in my dreams She wasn't selling me anything And we were dancing like angels till the nine alarm did ring The genie, the diamonds, the laughin', the lovin's for me When you can't take the livin' remember that dreamin' is free Drivin' the world, kinda sleepin' at the wheel, you know Singin' along with the man on the radio Guess I got lost in the verse when he let it go So I slipped into a daydream and we began to roll But the genie in my dreams She wasn't selling me anything We were dancing like angels till the nine alarm did ring The genie, the diamonds, the laughin', the lovin's for me When you can't take the livin' remember that dreamin' is free The genie, the diamonds, the laughin', the lovin's for me When you can't take the livin' remember that dreamin' is free Dreaming is free The genie, the diamonds, the laughin', the lovin's for me The genie, the diamonds, the laughin', the lovin's for me If you can't take the living, just dream for free If you can't take the living, just dream