Vladimir:
Oh, once there was a king
All:
An old sad king
Sterotypies:
I lost my wife and infant son at sea some years ago
All:
That's twenty years and ten
Vladimir:
You ought to wed again
Stereotypies:
I did, but she died, too
A shipwreck! Who knew
All:
And that's the way it goes when you 're the potentate of grief
Stereotypies:
I'm old and I am sad beyond belief
Vladimir:
And now introducing
Wife number three
The only one who hasn't yet
Died at sea
All:
It's exotic Queen Stasia
From far off Eurasia
Vladimir:
My dear, give us your two-line ID
Stasia:
The king is twice my age
Ever since weve been engaged
Ive been profoundly bored
If I got on a ship
He would absolutely flip
But otherwise I'm pretty much ignored
All:
And that's the way it goes
When you 're exotic and forlorn
Stasia:
When I get in the mood hed rather mourn
Vladimir:
Oh once there was a fop
Stasia:
You 're handsome!
Osric:
Oh, stop!
My looks belie the wicked mind
Beneath this perfect hair
For when I was but two
The Kings men slew
My parents and my kin as well
But soon we shall be square
All:
And that's the way it goes
Inside his handsome wicked head
Osric:
I'll never really rest until he's dead
Vladimir:
Now by his second wife
The king had a daughter
Young Twylla was in school
The day her mom went underwater
Twylla:
I became a nun because of my left hand
Look at this, the thumb is the only finger left and
All:
And that's the way it goes when you 're a royal amputee
Twylla:
This all will be explained, I guarantee
All:
And that's the way it goes
Stereotypies:
When you 're a melancholy lord
All:
That's the way it goes
Stasia:
When you 're a trophy wife whos bored
All:
That's the way it goes
Osric:
When you 're a gorgeous orphaned son
All:
That's the way it goes
Twylla:
When you 're a six-fingered nun
All:
That's the way it goes
That's the way it goes
That's the way it goes
That's the way it goes
That's the way it goes
And that's the way it goes
Dea Boster - vocals
Jon Greenlee - Vladimir, drums, bass, electric guitar
Thellea Leveque - Twylla, piano
Lauren London - Stasia Josh Siegel - Osric
Darin Zahuranec - trumpet
Copyright 2004 - Zach London
