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 worldMy mom had been around the graves of queens
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 strangersAnd 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 awfulI'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 beSomeimtes 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 strangersAnd 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 awfulAnd 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 ohThirty two's still a goddamn number
Thirty two still counts
Gonna make it count
Gonna make it count
Gonna oh ohLong 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 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 thatSometimes 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 queenAnd 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 awfulAnd 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 ohThirty 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 numberThirty two
Thirty two
Thirty two
Thirty two
Thirty two
Thirty two
Thirty twoLong 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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