Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Cleopatra, artist - The Lumineers.
Date of issue: 07.04.2016
Song language: English
Cleopatra |
I was Cleopatra, 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 |
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 |
Damn your wife, I’d be your mistress just to have you around |
But I was late for this, late for that, late for the love of my life |
And when I die alone, when I die alone, when I die I’ll be on time |
While the church discouraged, 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 of you |
But I was late for this, late for that, late for the love of my life |
And when I die alone, when I die alone, when I die I’ll be on time |
And the only gifts from my Lord were a birth and a divorce |
But I’ve read this script and the costume fits, so I’ll play my part |
I was Cleopatra, I was taller than the rafters |
But that’s all in the past now, gone with the wind |
Now a nurse in white shoes leads me back to my guestroom |
It’s a bed and a bathroom |
And a place for the end |
I won’t be late for this, late for that, late for the love of my life |
And when I die alone, when I die alone, when I die I’ll be on time |