Capo I

G
I was Cleopatra,

I was young and an actress

When you knelt by my mattress,
                 D
and asked for my hand
          G
But I was sad you asked it,

as I laid in a black dress

With my father in a casket,
         D
I had no plans
G
And I left the footprints,
        C              G
the mud stained on the carpet

And it hardened like my heart
                  D
did when you left town

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      G  
But I must admit it,
             C                G
that I would marry you in an instant

Damn your wife,

I'd be your mistress
                 D
just to have you around
          G        D     C        G
But I was late for this, late for that,
C            G          D
late for the love of my life
           G   D             C   G
And when I die alone, when I die alone,
       C        G     D
when I die I'll be on time
          G
While the church discouraged,
    C                       G
any lust that burned within me

Yes my flesh, it was my currency,
           D
but I held true

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     G
So I drive a taxi,
        C       G
and the traffic distracts me
         C               G
From the strangers in my backseat,
               D
they remind me of you
          G        D     C        G
But I was late for this, late for that,
C            G          D
late for the love of my life
           G   D             C   G
And when I die alone, when I die alone,
       C        G     D
when I die I'll be on time
        Em                 G
And the only gifts from my Lord
       C     D     Em
were a birth and a divorce
         G
But I've read this script and
    Em
the costume fits,
C        D      G
so I'll play my part

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      G
I was Cleopatra,
      C               G
I was taller than the rafters

But that's all in the past now,
              D
gone with the wind
      G  
Now a nurse in white shoes
C                   G 
leads me back to my guestroom
       C         G
It's a bed and a bathroom
                    D
And a place for the end

            G       D     C        G
I won't be late for this, late for that,
C            G          D
late for the love of my life
           G   D             C   G
And when I die alone, when I die alone,
       C        G     D    G
when I die I'll be on time


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