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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, lover of the Russian queen
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There was a cat that really was gone
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Ra Ra Rasputin, 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 Tsar
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But the kasatschok 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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Ra Ra Rasputin, lover of the Russian queen
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There was a cat that really was gone
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Ra Ra Rasputin, Russia' s greatest love machine
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It was a shame how he carried on
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"But when his drinking and lusting and his hunger for power
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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 high 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, lover of the Russian queen
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They put some poison into his wine
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Ra Ra Rasputin, 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, lover of the Russian queen
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They didn' t quit, they wanted his head
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Ra Ra Rasputin, Russia' s greatest love machine
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And so they shot him till he was dead
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(Spoken) Oh, those Russians...