1. As Told By, Chris Haller and Zach Nawrot
Oedipus Rex
As Told By,
Chris Haller
and
Zach Nawrot

2. The Priest and the Children All gathered around
To ask their great savior
To help out their town.

3. Remains a mystery to all Oedipus promises to solve it
The murder of the King
Remains a mystery to all
Oedipus promises to solve it
And the town’s pollution will fall.

4. Who reveals Oedipus’ flaw.
He sends Creon
His brother-in-law
To bring him Teiresias
Who reveals Oedipus’ flaw.

5. His hubris starts to show As the blind prophet tells the truth
That the great king died
When Oedipus killed him in his youth.

6. For telling Teiresias these lies. He thinks Creon wants to be king
Oedipus blames Creon
For telling Teiresias these lies.
He thinks Creon wants to be king
And above him he will rise.

7. Creon doesn’t want this He has all that he needs Jocasta comes to help
“Stop this fighting” she pleads.

8. Creon blames him for the blight
Oedipus tells Jocasta
Creon blames him for the blight
She said don't worry about the prophecy
Because she escaped hers one night.
She was told her son
Would kill the former king
So she pierced her son’s ankles
And left him for dead, tied up with string.

9. That he had a similar fate That he was to kill his father
Oedipus told Jocasta
That he had a similar fate
That he was to kill his father
And with his mother he would mate.
Oedipus did not like this
So he ran away from home
With no place in mind
He just started to roam.

10. That tried to run him off the road. Oedipus became angry
During his travels
A problem arose
He came upon a carriage
That tried to run him off the road.
Oedipus became angry
And started to fight back
He killed all but one
Each getting a huge smack.
He continued to Thebes
Where he saw in the middle
A sphinx running the town
And he killed it by solving its riddle.

11. That the prophecy might be true. The messenger says he gave Polybus
A messenger arrives
With news of dread,
That Oedipus’ father
Polybus is dead.
Oedipus is worried
That the prophecy might be true.
The messenger says he gave Polybus
Baby Oedipus, when he was little and new.

12. Jocasta begins to worry As she hears the story unfold
Things start to come together
But what was next to behold
The messenger said
He didn’t find him tied to a tree
Instead he was given him
By an old herdsman, with glee.

13. Before the herdsman is due With tears she tells Oedipus
Jocasta runs out
Before the herdsman is due
With tears she tells Oedipus
“These are the last words I will say to you”
The herdsman delays
But the truth comes out
He got baby Oedipus
From the town’s old king, no doubt.

14. Oedipus did kill his dad And married his mother
The prophecy was true
Oedipus did kill his dad
And married his mother
And caused the town all this bad.
He rushed to tell Jocasta
Not knowing how he was feeling
But found her in her room
Hanging dead from the ceiling.

15. Oedipus couldn’t take this He lived a life of lies
He took a brooch from her clothing
And stabbed out his eyes.

16. He wanted to leave the city
The blinded Oedipus
Called Creon for help
He wanted to leave the city
“The pollution was my fault” he said in a yelp.
So the blinded Oedipus left
With his daughter that day
She was all he had left
And did not want her to stay
There really isn’t anything more to say.