Cleopatra Lyrics - Cleopatra - The Lumineers

I was Cleopatra, I was young and an actress 

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

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

With my father in a casket, I had no plans 

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

And it hardened like my heart did when you left town 

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

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

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

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

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While the church discouraged, any lust that burned within me 

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

So I drive a taxi, and the traffic distracts me 

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

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

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

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

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

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I was Cleopatra, I was taller than the rafters 

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

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

It's a bed and a bathroom 

and a place for the end 

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

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