Oedipus

Regina Spektor

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I'm the king's thirty second son

Born to him in thirty second's time

Born to him the night still young

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 a sex machine

She liked to keep her body clean, clean

Thought the world to be quite obscene

But she retired to her chamber

And we 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

And all it took was thirty second's 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 wall

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

And i stood on my toes to catch a glimpse

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

And she retired to her chamber

And we 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's still counts

Gonna make it count

Gonna oh oh

Thirty two's still a goddamn number

Thirty two still counts

Gonna make it count

Gonna oh oh

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

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's still counts

Gonna make it count

Gonna oh oh

Thirty two's still a goddamn number

Thirty two

Long live the king

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Readable chord sheet for Oedipus by Regina Spektor

[G]I'm the king's thirty [D]second son     [Am]
[G]Born to him in thirty [D]second's time  [Am]
[G]Born to him the [D]night still young    [Am]
[G]Born to him with [D]two eyebrows on     [Am]
[G]And that's all I [D]was wearing         [Am]
[G]When I woke up [D]staring at the world  [Am]

My mom had been a rather crazy queen
But not at all a sex machine
She liked to keep her body clean, clean
Thought the world to be quite obscene
But she retired to her chamber
And we 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
And all it took was thirty second's 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 wall
The sky'd be so big that it broke my soul
And i stood on my toes to catch a glimpse
Of my mother's eyes and my mother's skin
And she retired to her chamber
And we 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

[G]And one morning I woke [D]up

[G]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's 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's 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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