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There lived a certain man in Russia, long ago |
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He was big and strong, in his eyes a flaming glow |
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Most people looked at him with terror and with fear |
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But to Moscow chicks he was such a lovely dear |
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He could preach the Bible like a preacher |
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Full of ecstasy and fire |
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But he also was the kind of teacher |
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Women would desire |
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Ra-Ra-Rasputin |
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Lover of the Russian queen |
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There was a cat that really was gone |
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Ra-Ra-Rasputin |
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Russia's greatest love machine |
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It was a shame, how he carried on |
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He ruled the Russian land and never mind the Czar |
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But the kasachok he danced really wunderbar |
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In all affairs of state he was the man to please |
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But he was real great when he had a girl to squeeze |
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For the queen, he was no wheeler dealer |
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Though she'd heard the things he'd done |
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She believed, he was a holy healer |
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Who would heal her son |
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But when his drinking and lusting and his hunger |
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For power became known to more and more people |
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The demands to do something about |
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This outrageous man became louder and louder |
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"This man's just got to go", declared his enemies |
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But the ladies begged, "Don't you try to do it, please" |
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No doubt this Rasputin had lots of hidden charms |
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Though he was a brute they just fell into his arms |
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Then one night, some men of higher standing |
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Set a trap, they're not to blame |
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"Come to visit us", they kept demanding |
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And he really came |
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Ra-Ra-Rasputin |
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Lover of the Russian queen |
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They put some poison into his wine |
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Ra-Ra-Rasputin |
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Russia's greatest love machine |
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He drank it all and said, "I feel fine" |
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Ra-Ra-Rasputin |
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Lover of the Russian queen |
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They didn't quit, they wanted his head |
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Ra-Ra-Rasputin |
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Russia's greatest love machine |
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And so they shot him till he was dead |
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Oh, those Russians |