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Tom Lehrer wrote and performed many clever, twisted songs in the 1950s and 60s – here’s my version of his classic “Oedipus Rex” with a few lyrical updates. You might need real therapy after watching it. :)

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** CREDITS **
Producer, Director, Additional Lyrics, Performer: Whitney Avalon
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Orchestrator*, Music Mix, Master: Ryan O’Connell
Cinematographer: Merlin Showalter
Executive Assistant: Caroline Sharp
Assistant Editor: Kate West
Props: Kim Brunner
Colorist: Ryan K. McNeal
Associate Producer: We Make Movies Inc

*based on the original by Tom Lehrer, now in the public domain https://tomlehrersongs.com

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** LYRICS **
From the Bible to the hottest new vlogs
There’s one theme each one catalogues
Of all ideals they hail as good
The most sublime is motherhood
There was a man though, who it seems
Once carried this ideal to extremes
He loved his mother and she loved him
And yet his story is rather grim
Some called him Pat. Pat Ricide. That’s a dad joke.

There once lived a man named Oedipus Rex
You may have heard about his odd complex
His name appears in Freud's index
Cause he loved his mother
His rivals used to say quite a bit
That as a monarch he was most unfit
But still in all they had to admit
That he loved his mother

Yes, he loved his mother like no other
His daughter was his sister and his son was his brother
Tried to avoid the prophecies but strolled right into their atrocities

Though Oed got famous for his ploy
Just wait, this fate would not bring him joy
For history’s biggest Mama’s boy
Sure loved his mother
When he found what he had done
He tore his eyes out, one by one
A tragic end for a loyal son
Who loved his mother

So be sweet and kind to mother now and then have a chat
Buy her candy or some flowers or a brand new hat
But maybe you had better let it go at that
Or you may find yourself with a quite complex complex
And you may end up like Oedipus
(Better to marry a duck-billed platypus)
Than end up like old Oedipus “T.” Rex

Oh, that’s all our time for today. I’ll see you next week.


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