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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
          G
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
     G                     C       G
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]
        Em                 G           C     D     Em
And the only gifts from my Lord were a birth and a divorce
         G                        Em            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
       C         G
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