[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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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
[Verse 2]
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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
[Verse 3]
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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
[Verse 4]
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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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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
[Outro]
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