[Intro: Oedipus]

I thought myself an orphan

I clawed my way up from the streets

To earn my rank of doctor

Equal to any I should meet

How could I know my fame

Arose from sly Olympian winks?

And soon I’d match myself

Against the riddle of the Sphinx

[Chorus]

Four legs in the morning

Two legs in the day

Three legs in the evening

As body and mind decay

[Verse 1: Oedipus]

A mad disease

Striking poverty

In the slums no-one cares about

In its host

Causes rapid growth

In just weeks they will die

Children then

Look as aged men

But have not learned the words to cry

An old withered corpse yet a child

[Chorus]

Four legs in the morning

Two legs in the day

Three legs in the evening

As body and mind decay

[Verse 2: Oedipus]

Years I spent

In experiment

Dissecting its chemistry

Endless tests

Finally yield success

With the compounds I need

A consequence

Baleful oxidants

From Olympian eternity

They had to know what it leads to

[Chorus]

Four legs in the morning

Two legs in the day

Three legs in the evening

As body and mind decay

[Verse 3: Father & Oedipus]

Oedipus

Come don’t make a fuss

Your research takes a dangerous path

Take a pause

Find another cause

This will end in your fall

Whoe’er you be

If you threaten me

I can warn you will feel my wrath

Don’t interfere with my calling

[Chorus]

Four legs in the morning

Two legs in the day

Three legs in the evening

As body and mind decay

Four legs in the morning

Two legs in the day

Three legs in the evening

As body and mind decay

[Outro: Oedipus]

Soon the Olympians knew

Of what their immortality cost

They feigned their contrition

Mourning the lives that had been lost

They swore they’d find a way

That wouldn’t lead to loss of life

They showered me with riches

And introduced me to my wife