Intro
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Verse 1
ThereThere livedlived aa certaincertain manman inin RussiaRussia longlong agoago
HeHe waswas bigbig andand strong,strong, inin hishis eyeseyes aa flamingflaming glowglow
MostMost peoplepeople lookedlooked atat himhim withwith terrorterror andand withwith fearfear
ButBut toto MoscowMoscow chickschicks hehe waswas suchsuch aa lovelylovely deardear
HeHe couldcould preachpreach thethe biblebible likelike aa preacherpreacher
FullFull ofof ecstasyecstasy andand firefire
ButBut hehe alsoalso waswas thethe kindkind ofof teacherteacher
WomenWomen wouldwould desiredesire
Chorus
RaRa RaRa Rasputin,Rasputin, loverlover ofof thethe RussianRussian queenqueen
ThereThere waswas aa catcat thatthat reallyreally waswas gonegone
RaRa RaRa Rasputin,Rasputin, Russia'sRussia's greatestgreatest lovelove machinemachine
ItIt waswas aa shameshame howhow hehe carriedcarried onon
Verse 2
HeHe ruledruled thethe RussianRussian landland andand nevernever mindmind thethe TsarTsar
ButBut thethe kasatschokkasatschok hehe danceddanced reallyreally wunderbarwunderbar
InIn allall affairsaffairs ofof statestate hehe waswas thethe manman toto pleaseplease
ButBut hehe waswas realreal greatgreat whenwhen hehe hadhad aa girlgirl toto squeezesqueeze
ForFor thethe queenqueen hehe waswas nono wheelerwheeler dealerdealer
ThoughThough she'dshe'd heardheard thethe thingsthings he'dhe'd donedone
SheShe believedbelieved hehe waswas aa holyholy healerhealer
WhoWho wouldwould healheal herher sonson
Chorus
RaRa RaRa Rasputin,Rasputin, loverlover ofof thethe RussianRussian queenqueen
ThereThere waswas aa catcat thatthat reallyreally waswas gonegone
RaRa RaRa Rasputin,Rasputin, Russia'sRussia's greatestgreatest lovelove machinemachine
ItIt waswas aa shameshame howhow hehe carriedcarried onon
Interlude
But when his drinking and lusting and his hunger for power
became known to more and more people, the demands to do
something about this outrageous man became louder and louder.
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Verse 3
"This"This man'sman's justjust gotgot toto go,"go," declareddeclared hishis enemiesenemies
ButBut thethe ladiesladies begged,begged, "Don't"Don't youyou trytry toto dodo it,it, please"please"
NoNo doubtdoubt thisthis RasputinRasputin hadhad lotslots ofof hiddenhidden charmscharms
ThoughThough hehe waswas aa brutebrute theythey justjust fellfell intointo hishis armsarms
ThenThen oneone nightnight somesome menmen ofof highhigh standingstanding
SetSet aa traptrap -- they'rethey're notnot toto blameblame
"Come"Come toto visitvisit us,"us," theythey keptkept demandingdemanding
AndAnd hehe reallyreally camecame
Chorus 2
RaRa RaRa Rasputin,Rasputin, loverlover ofof thethe RussianRussian queenqueen
TheyThey putput somesome poisonpoison intointo hishis winewine
RaRa RaRa Rasputin,Rasputin, Russia'sRussia's greatestgreatest lovelove machinemachine
HeHe drankdrank itit allall andand saidsaid "I"I feelfeel fine"fine"
Chorus 3
RaRa RaRa Rasputin,Rasputin, loverlover ofof thethe RussianRussian queenqueen
TheyThey didn'tdidn't quit,quit, theythey wantedwanted hishis headhead
RaRa RaRa Rasputin,Rasputin, Russia'sRussia's greatestgreatest lovelove machinemachine
AndAnd soso theythey shotshot himhim tilltill hehe waswas deaddead
Oh, those Russians…