Rick Wakeman - The Oracle lyrics

Once an Oracle warned of danger to the King of Thebes For his life and for his child So from the crib he took his new-born son Gave him to a herdsman with orders he should k** him But the herdsman, filled with pity Could not k** the child but left him tied against a tree Found by a peasant who took him to his masters Where he was adopted: Oedipus they named him After many years the King was travelling When his way was blocked by a chariot He ordered him to move away But because he was slow to obey They k**ed his steed The stranger, enraged, murdered the King The stranger's name was Oedipus He, unaware, had k**ed his father Little did he know he would soon be King So the prophecy reached fulfilment The warning of the Oracle had had its way.