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Oedipus

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Oedipus

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I'm the king's thirty-second son

Born to him a thirty-second time

Born to him with my hair still on

Born to him with two eyebrows on

And that's all i was wearing

When i woke up staring at the world

My mom had been a rather crazy queen

But not at all like sex machine

She liked to keep her body clean clean

Thought the world to be quite obscene

But she'd retire to her chambers

And we'd remain quite strangers

And to see me made her awful sad

And to touch me made her awful sad

And to see me made her awful

And to touch me made her awful

I'm the king's thirty-second son

Man, all it took was thirty seconds' time

But a spoiled little prince i was not

Had a chamber maid and a chamber pot

And there's thirty-one others just like me

There's thirty-one others i can be

Sometimes i'd stand by the royal walls

The sky'd be so big that it broke my soul

And i'd stand on my toes to catch a glimpse

Of my mother's eyes and my mother's skin

But she'd retire to her chambers

And we'd remain quite strangers

And to see me made her awful sad

And to touch me made her awful sad

And to see me made her awful

And to touch me made her awful

And one morning I woke up

And I thought Oedipus, Oedipus, Oedipus, Oedipus

Then one morning I woke up and I thought Rex, Rex, Rex

Then one morning I woke up

And I thought Oedipus, Oedipus, Oedipus, Oedipus

Thirty-two's still a goddamn number

Thirty two still counts

Gonna make it count

Gonna make it count

Gonna oh oh

Thirty-two's still a goddamn number

Thirty two still counts

Gonna make it count

Gonna make it count

Gonna oh oh

Long live the king

Long live the king

Long live the king

Long live the king

Long live the king

Long live the king

Long live the king

Long live the

I'm the king's thirty-second son

There's thirty-one others just like me

There's thirty-one others on the way

There's thirty-one others after that

Sometimes i stand by the royal gate

People screaming love and hate

And they scream and they scream

And they scream and they scream

Long live the king!

Long live the queen!

And to see me made her awful sad

And to touch me made her awful sad

And to see me made her awful

And to touch me made her awful

And one morning I woke up

And I thought Oedipus, Oedipus, Oedipus, Oedipus

Then one morning I woke up and I thought Rex, Rex, Rex

Then one morning I woke up

And I thought Oedipus, Oedipus, Oedipus, Oedipus

Thirty-two's still a goddamn number

Thirty two still counts

Gonna make it count

Gonna make it count

Gonna oh oh

Thirty-two's still a goddamn number

Thirty-two's still a goddamn number

Thirty-two's still a goddamn number

Thirty-two's still a goddamn number

Thirty-two

Thirty-two

Thirty-two

Thirty-two

Thirty-two

Thirty-two

Thirty-two

Long live the king

Long live the king

Long live the king

Long live the king

Long live the king

Long live the king

Long live the king

Long live the king

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