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I was Cleopatra
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I was young and an actress
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and you knelt by my mattress
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and asked for my hand
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And I was sad you asked it
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as I laid in a black dress
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with my father in a casket
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I had no plans
(yea)
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And I left the footprints
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The mud stained on the carpet
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and it hardened like my heart did
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when you left town
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But I must admit it
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that I would marry you in an instant
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Damn your wife, I'd be your mistress
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just to have you around
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But I was late for this
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Late for that
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Late for the love of my life
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When I die alone
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When I die alone
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When I die I'll be on time
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(aye)
Verse
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And the Church discouraged
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any lust that burned within me
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Yes my flesh it was my currency
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but I held out
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When a man's dejected
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well he can fight for your affections
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or he can act like he never met you
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and even go to the ground
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But I was late for this
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Late for that
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Late for the love of my life
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And when I die alone
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When I die alone
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When I die I'll be on time
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(aye)
Verse
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So I drive a taxi
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and the traffic distracts me
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from the strangers in my backseat
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They remind me of you
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But it's all a daydream
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when it's you who's behind me
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but you never recognize me
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appraising you
Bridge
Em
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And the only gifts from my Lord
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D
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were a birth and a divorce
Em
but I've read this script
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and the costume fits
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so I play my part
Verse
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And there are nights I wake up
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to the sound of a door shut
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and I search on the floor but
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I find no tracks
Verse
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And the nurse in white shoes
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leads me back to my guest room
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it's a bed and a bathroom
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and a place to relax
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D
but I was late for this
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late for that
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late for the love of my life
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D
When I die alone
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When I die alone
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D
When I die I'll be on time
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(aye)
Ending
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