Oedipus
I'm the king's thirty second sonBorn to him in thirty second's timeBorn to him the night still youngBorn to him with two eyebrows onAnd that's all I was wearingWhen I woke up staring at the world
My mom had been a rather crazy queenBut not at all a sex machineShe liked to keep her body clean, cleanThought the world to be quite obsceneBut she retired to her chamberAnd we remain quite strangers
And to see me made her awful sadAnd to touch me made her awful sadAnd to see me made her awfulAnd to touch me made her awful
I'm the king's thirty second sonAnd all it took was thirty second's timeBut a spoiled little prince I was notHad a chamber maid and a chamber potAnd there's thirty one others just like meThere's thirty one others I can be
Sometimes I'd stand by the royal wallThe sky'd be so big that it broke my soulAnd i stood on my toes to catch a glimpseOf my mother's eyes and my mother's skinAnd she retired to her chamberAnd we remain quite strangers
And to see me made her awful sadAnd to touch me made her awful sadAnd to see me made her awfulAnd to touch me made her awful
And one morning I woke upAnd I thought Oedipus, Oedipus, Oedipus, OedipusThen one morning I woke up and I thought Rex, Rex, RexThen one morning I woke upAnd I thought Oedipus, Oedipus, Oedipus, OedipusThirty two's still a goddamn numberThirty two's still countsGonna make it countGonna make it countGonna oh oh
Thirty two's still a goddamn numberThirty two still countsGonna make it countGonna make it countGonna oh oh
Long live the kingLong live the kingLong live the kingLong live the kingLong live the kingLong live the kingLong live the kingLong live the
I'm the king's thirty second sonThere's thirty one others just like meThere's thirty one others on the wayThere's thirty one others after that
Sometimes I stand by the royal gatePeople screaming love and hateAnd they screamAnd they screamAnd they screamAnd they screamLong live the king,Long live the queen
And to see me made her awful sadAnd to touch me made her awful sadAnd to see me made her awfulAnd to touch me made her awful
And one morning I woke upAnd I thought Oedipus, Oedipus, Oedipus, OedipusThen one morning I woke up and I thought Rex, Rex, RexThen one morning I woke upAnd I thought Oedipus, Oedipus, Oedipus, OedipusThirty two's still a goddamn numberThirty two's still countsGonna make it countGonna make it countGonna oh oh
Thirty two's still a goddamn numberThirty two's still a goddamn numberThirty two's still a goddamn numberThirty two's still a goddamn number
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Long live the kingLong live the kingLong live the kingLong live the kingLong live the kingLong live the kingLong live the kingLong live the king