The Lumineers - Cleopatra

0Intro: 
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2I was Cleopatra, I was young and an actress 
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3When you knelt by my mattress, and asked for my hand 
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4But I was sad you asked it, as I laid in a black dress 
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5With my father in a casket, I had no plans 
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7And I left the footprints, the mud stained on the carpet 
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8And it hardened like my heart did when you left town 
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9But I must admit it, that I would marry you in an instant 
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10Damn your wife, I'd be your mistress just to have you around 
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12But I was late for this, late for that, late for the love of my life 
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13And when I die alone, when I die alone, when I die I'll be on time 
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15While the church discouraged, any lust that burned within me 
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16Yes my flesh, it was my currency, but I held true 
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17So I drive a taxi, and the traffic distracts me 
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18From the strangers in my backseat, they remind me of you 
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20And the only gifts from my Lord were a birth and a divorce 
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21But I've read this script and the costume fits, so I'll play my part 
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23I was Cleopatra, I was taller than the rafters 
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24But that's all in the past now, gone with the wind 
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25Now a nurse in white shoes leads me back to my guestroom 
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26It's a bed and a bathroom 
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27And a place for the end 
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29I won't be late for this, late for that, late for the love of my life 
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30And when I die alone, when I die alone, when I die I'll be on time 
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32Outro: 
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