Regina Spektor - Oedipus lyrics

rate me

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