Cleopatra Lyrics - The Lumineers

1 I was Cleopatra, I was young and an actress

2 When you knelt by my mattress, and asked for my hand

3 But I was sad you asked it, as I laid in a black dress

4 With my father in a casket, I had no plans

5 And I left the footprints, the mud stained on the carpet

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

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

8 Damn your wife, I'd be your mistress just to have you around

9 But I was late for this, late for that, late for the love of my life

10 And when I die alone, when I die alone, when I die I'll be on time

11 While the church discouraged, any lust that burned within me

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

13 So I drive a taxi, and the traffic distracts me

14 From the strangers in my backseat, they remind me of you

15 But I was late for this, late for that, late for the love of my life

16 And when I die alone, when I die alone, when I die I'll be on time

17 And the only gifts from my Lord were a birth and a divorce

18 But I've read this script and the costume fits, so I'll play my part

19 I was Cleopatra, I was taller than the rafters

20 But that's all in the past now, gone with the wind

21 Now a nurse in white shoes leads me back to my guestroom

22 It's a bed and a bathroom

23 and a place for the end

24 I won't be late for this, late for that, late for the love of my life

25 And when I die alone, when I die alone, when I die I'll be on time