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 a 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 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
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I'm the king's thirty-second son Man, 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 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 chamber 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 and I woke up And I thought, Rex, Rex, Rex Then one morning I woke up And I thought, Oedipus, Oedipus, Oedipus, Oedipus 'Cause thirty-two's still a goddamn number Thirty-two still counts Gonna make it count Gonna make it count Gonna, uh, oh Thirty-two's still a goddamn number Thirty-two still counts Gonna make it count Gonna make it count Gonna, uh, uh, 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 then one morning I woke up And I thought, Oedipus, Oedipus, Oedipus, Oedipus Then one morning, and I woke up And I thought, Rex, Rex, Rex Then one morning, I woke up And I thought, Oedipus, Oedipus, Oedipus, Oedipus 'Cause thirty-two's still a goddamn number Thirty-two's still counts Gonna make it count Gonna make it count Gonna, uh, uh, uh 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