[Intro]
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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
 
[Break]
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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]
          G#       D#    C#       G#    C#           G#         D#
But I was late for this, late for that, late for the love of my life
           G#  D#            C#  G#            C#       G#    D#
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]
          G#                      C#                      G#
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
         C#              G#                       D#
From the strangers in my backseat, they remind me of you
 
[Chorus]
          G#       D#    C#       G#    C#           G#         D#
But I was late for this, late for that, late for the love of my life
           G#  D#            C#  G#            C#       G#    D#
And when I die alone, when I die alone, when I die I'll be on time
 
[Bridge]
        Fm                 G#          C#    D#    Fm
And the only gifts from my Lord were a birth and a divorce
         G#                       Fm            C#       D#     G#
But I've read this script and the costume fits, so I'll play my part
 
[Break]
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[Pre-chorus II]
      G#               C#              G#
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
      G#                   C#                  G#
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]
            G#      D#    C#       G#    C#           G#         D#
I won't be late for this, late for that, late for the love of my life
           G#  D#            C#  G#            C#       G#    D#
And when I die alone, when I die alone, when I die I'll be on time
 
[End]
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