Cleopatra-The Lumineers

[ti:Cleopatra] [ar:The Lumineers] [al:Cleopatra] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Cleopatra - The Lumineers [00:06.32]Written By：Wesley Schultz/Jeremy Fraites/Simone Felice [00:12.65]I was Cleopatra I was young and an actress [00:18.34] [00:19.00]When you knelt by my mattress and asked for my hand [00:23.21] [00:25.28]But I was sad you asked it as I laid in a black dress [00:31.80]With my father in a casket I had no plans [00:35.77] [00:44.36]And I left the footprints the mud stained on the carpet [00:49.72] [00:50.67]And it hardened like my heart did when you left town [00:54.33] [00:56.99]But I must admit it that I would marry you in an instant [01:02.98]Damn your wife I'd be your mistress just to have you around [01:07.30] [01:09.57]But I was late for this late for that [01:12.63] [01:13.21]Late for the love of my life [01:15.49] [01:16.04]And when I die alone when I die alone [01:18.93] [01:19.82]When I die I'll be on time [01:21.50] [01:30.17]While the church discouraged any lust that burned within me [01:36.29]Yes my flesh it was my currency but I held true [01:40.50] [01:42.93]So I drive a taxi and the traffic distracts me [01:49.28]From the strangers in my backseat they remind me of you [01:53.14] [01:55.50]But I was late for this late for that [01:58.57] [01:59.12]Late for the love of my life [02:01.96]And when I die alone when I die alone [02:05.34]When I die I'll be on time [02:07.35] [02:10.08]And the only gifts from my Lord were a birth and a divorce [02:15.52] [02:17.95]But I've read this script and the costume fits so I'll play my part [02:23.05] [02:28.93]I was Cleopatra I was taller than the rafters [02:34.66] [02:35.34]But that's all in the past now gone with the wind [02:39.34] [02:41.51]Now a nurse in white shoes leads me back to my guestroom [02:47.24] [02:47.93]It's a bed and a bathroom [02:51.42] [02:52.89]A place for the end [02:54.15] [02:57.59]I won't be late for this late for that [03:00.51] [03:01.25]Late for the love of my life [03:03.42] [03:04.14]And when I die alone when I die alone [03:06.90] [03:07.89]When I die I'll be on time