Lyrics
[Intro]
My thoughts are like Houdini,
I’m dancing on this beam, see
My heart’s a shrinking teeny,
It’s locked inside a box
(Oohhhh)
In charades, I retreat, meet
My mirror’s double cheat sheet,
Her secrets I unlock
(Abracadabra!)
[Chorus]
I’m dreaming of a genie, ooh
In clouds of smoke, she's gleaming, ooh
But she’s always slipping cleanly, ooh
Like cards up in my sleeve, ooohhhh
(Oohhh)
[Verse]
The moon is like a stage light,
Reflecting off my wand, bright
I pull a silk scarf so slight,
But she’s never in the hat
(Where could she be now?)
I conjure flames from fingers,
And still her magic lingers
She’s there, but then she’s singers
I need to know where she’s at
(Oohhh)
[Prechorus]
My hands, they weave the patterns,
As I’m watching smoke rings scatter
But she’s the missing chapter—
The wish I can’t complete
(Oohhh)
[Chorus]
I’m dreaming of a genie, ooh
In clouds of smoke, she's gleaming, ooh
But she’s always slipping cleanly, ooh
Like cards up in my sleeve, ooohhhh
(Oohhh)
(Guitar solo)
[Bridge]
My cards, they shuffle swiftly,
But her movements, oh, so shifty
She’s hiding in the misty—
I feel her close, then far
(Can I catch you, or are you just a star?)
[Chorus]
I’m dreaming of a genie, ooh
In clouds of smoke, she's gleaming, ooh
But she’s always slipping cleanly, ooh
Like cards up in my sleeve, ooohhhh
(Oohhh)
(Drumming solo, with blast beats)
[Outro]
But she’s always just Houdini,
A flicker, then where is she
I’m left with just my hat, see--
And the spell that broke my heart
(One last wish now)
(And I’ll find you…)
(Alakazam! [Other spells])
[End, short]
[Chorus]
I’m dreaming of a genie, ooh
In clouds of smoke, she's gleaming, ooh
But she’s always slipping cleanly, ooh
Like cards up in my sleeve, ooohhhh
(Oohhh)
[Outroguitar solo]
