Cleopatra

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[Verse]

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I was Cleopatra, I was young and an actress

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When you knelt by my mattress, and asked for my hand

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But I was sad you asked it, as I laid in a black dress

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With my father in a casket, I had no plans

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[Pre-chorus]

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And I left the footprints, the mud stained on the carpet

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And it hardened like my heart did when you left town

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But I must admit it, that I would marry you in an instant

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Damn your wife, I'd be your mistress just to have you around

[Chorus]

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But I was late for this, late for that, late for the love of my life

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And when I die alone, when I die alone, when I die I'll be on time

[Break]

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[Pre-chorus II]

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While the church discouraged, any lust that burned within me

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Yes my flesh, it was my currency, but I held true

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So I drive a taxi, and the traffic distracts me

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From the strangers in my backseat, they remind me of you

[Chorus]

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But I was late for this, late for that, late for the love of my life

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And when I die alone, when I die alone, when I die I'll be on time

[Bridge]

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And the only gifts from my Lord were a birth and a divorce

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But I've read this script and the costume fits, so I'll play my part

[Break]

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[Pre-chorus II]

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I was Cleopatra, I was taller than the rafters

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But that's all in the past now, gone with the wind

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Now a nurse in white shoes leads me back to my guestroom

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It's a bed and a bathroom

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And a place for the end

[Chorus]

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I won't be late for this, late for that, late for the love of my life

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And when I die alone, when I die alone, when I die I'll be on time

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