I was Cleopatra      [Verse] D# D# G# D# - G# D# Bb Bb

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

                                               [Intro]

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           [Intro]

Damn your wife, I'd be your mistress              (x2)

Just to have you around                    D# D# D# D#

(But I was) late for this, late for that      [Chorus]

Late for the love of my life               D#-Bb G#-D#

And when I die alone, when I die alone     G#-D# Bb

When I die I'll be on time

                                       Hahaa [Break] X

And while the church discouraged             [Intro]

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 o' you               [Chorus] [Fill] Bb

And the only gifts  [Bridge] Cm D# G#-Bb Cm - Cm

    from my Lord             D# Cm G#-Bb D# - D# D# D#

Were a birth and a divorce

But I've read this script and the costume fits

So I'll play my part     ╔═══════════════════════════╗

                         ║ Cleopatra - The Lumineers ║

I was Cleopatra - I was taller than the rafters ═════╝

But that's all in the past now - Gone with the wind

And now a nurse in white shoes

Leads me back to my guestroom

It's a [Rit] bed and a bathroom  [Chorus] (I won't be)

And a place for the end           [Break] [Outro] D#