Cleopatra

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[Verse]
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I was Cleopatra, I was young and an 
actress
When you knelt by my mattress, and 
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asked for my hand
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But I was sad you asked it, as I 
laid in a black dress
With my father in a casket, I had no
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 plans

[Break]
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[Pre-chorus]
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And I left the footprints, the mud 
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stained on the carpet
And it hardened like my heart did 
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when you left town
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But I must admit it, that I would 
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marry you in an instant
Damn your wife, I'd be your mistress
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 just to have you around

[Chorus]
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But I was late for this, late for 
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that, late for the love of my life
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And when I die alone, when I die 
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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 
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lust that burned within me
Yes my flesh, it was my currency, 
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but I held true
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So I drive a taxi, and the traffic 
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distracts me
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From the strangers in my backseat,
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 they remind me of you

[Chorus]
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But I was late for this, late for 
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that, late for the love of my life
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And when I die alone, when I die 
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alone, when I die I'll be on time

[Bridge]
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And the only gifts from my Lord 
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were a birth and a divorce
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But I've read this script and the 
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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
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 the rafters
But that's all in the past now, gone
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 with the wind
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Now a nurse in white shoes leads 
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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
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 that, late for the love of my life
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And when I die alone, when I die 
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alone, when I die I'll be on time