Tom Lehrer《Oedipus Rex》[MP3_LRC]

[00:00.00]90听音乐网 www.90T8.com  [00:00.09]Oedipus Rex - Tom Lehrer [00:02.97]From the Bible to the popular song [00:05.56]There's one theme that we find right along [00:08.65]Of all ideals they hail as good [00:11.20]The most sublime is motherhood [00:14.89]There was a man though who it seems [00:17.18]Once carried this ideal to extremes [00:20.38]He loved his mother and she loved him [00:22.87]And yet his story is rather grim [00:31.51]There once lived a man named Oedipus Rex [00:33.70]You may have heard about his odd complex [00:36.07]His name appears in Freud's index [00:38.03]'Cause he loved his mother [00:42.51]His rivals used to say quite a bit [00:44.36]That as a monarch he was most unfit [00:46.66]But still in all they had to admit [00:48.71]That he loved his mother [00:53.02]Yes he loved his mother like no other [00:55.45]His daughter was his sister and his son was his brother [00:58.16]One thing on which you can depend is [01:01.46]He sure knew who a boy's best friend is [01:03.76]When he found what he had done [01:05.73]He tore his eyes out one by one [01:07.76]A tragic end to a loyal son [01:09.97]Who loved his mother [01:14.24]So be sweet and kind to mother [01:15.61]Now and then have a chat [01:17.45]Buy her candy or some flowers [01:18.84]Or a brand new hat [01:20.59]But maybe you had better let it go at that [01:23.06]Or you may find yourself with a quite complex complex [01:27.07]And you may end up like Oedipus [01:29.87]I'd rather marry a duck billed platypus [01:32.15]Than end up like old Oedipus Rex