Regina Spektor: Oedipus

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 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 still countsGonna make it countGonna make it countGonna oh ohThirty-two's still a goddamn numberThirty two still countsGonna make it countGonna make it countGonna oh ohLong live the kingLong live the kingLong live the kingLong live the kingLong live the kingLong live the kingLong live the kingLong live theI'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 screamAnd 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 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 still countsGonna make it countGonna make it countGonna oh ohThirty-two's still a goddamn numberThirty-two's still a goddamn numberThirty-two's still a goddamn numberThirty-two's still a goddamn numberThirty-twoThirty-twoThirty-twoThirty-twoThirty-twoThirty-twoThirty-twoLong live the kingLong live the kingLong live the kingLong live the kingLong live the kingLong live the kingLong live the kingLong live the king