Cleopatra-Danny Schmidt

[ti:Cleopatra] [ar:Danny Schmidt] [al:Make Right the Time] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Cleopatra - Danny Schmidt [00:14.47]She told me that her name [00:16.76]Was Cleopatra when we met [00:19.70] [00:20.74]And I didn't mind at [00:22.47]All though she was lying I suspect [00:26.15] [00:27.66]I told her I'm the emperor [00:30.06]Of all that I survey [00:33.03] [00:33.95]“You can call me Alexander” -- [00:37.44]Well she said that was great [00:39.76] [00:40.30]Going round this old mobile [00:43.89]Going round [00:46.18] [00:47.64]It's just as easy talking up [00:50.86]As talking down [00:52.44] [00:55.34]She told me 'bout a boyfriend [00:58.09]Who'd proposed in middle school [01:00.87] [01:02.19]And stories of her family I could [01:05.91]Tell she wished were true [01:08.05] [01:08.74]It was Christmas in the Catskills [01:12.54]And Easter on the cape [01:16.01]And Mama married money [01:19.47]And Daddy by mistake [01:22.19]Going round this old mobile [01:25.53]Going round [01:26.87] [01:29.40]It's just as easy talking up [01:32.75]As talking down [01:34.44] [01:37.37]And I told her 'bout the time [01:39.33]I got arrested in the park [01:42.51] [01:43.97]For kissing after curfew [01:47.37]And then for talking smart [01:49.98] [01:50.51]And as they drove me to the station house [01:54.07]In cuffs and in conceit [01:56.51] [01:57.80]I found a quarter bag of weed [02:01.44]That'd been stuffed down in the seat [02:04.12]Going round this old mobile [02:07.63]Going round [02:08.94] [02:11.43]It's just as easy talking up [02:14.03] [02:14.83]As talking down [02:16.10] [02:19.34]I told her 'bout the incident [02:22.59]With fireworks and doves [02:24.91] [02:25.89]And she told me about Somoa [02:28.10] [02:29.73]And lilikoi and love [02:31.70] [02:32.69]And we compared our notes [02:34.01]On marketplaces Brownsville and Bombay [02:38.30] [02:39.36]And how the story of your life [02:42.59]Is always yours to trade away [02:46.12]Going round this old mobile [02:49.71]Going round [02:51.05] [02:53.55]It's just as easy talking up [02:56.83]As talking down [02:58.30] [03:01.88]But when things got quiet [03:04.08]She got far [03:06.69] [03:09.32]And I caught a tiny glimpse [03:12.84]Of Cleopatra's heart [03:15.32] [03:18.47]Curled up in candlelight at home [03:23.01] [03:25.74]And her fingers smelled [03:26.95]Like cigarettes and another night alone [03:31.57] [03:49.17]There comes a time [03:50.20]In every barroom night [03:52.66]When the light starts getting strange [03:56.01]And the shadows and the highlights start [03:59.93]To cross and start to change [04:03.20]In the hollow of her cheekbones [04:06.28]Hid both fantasy and flight [04:09.56] [04:10.49]As she kissed me on the lips [04:13.83]And disappeared into the night [04:17.43]Going round this old mobile [04:21.21]Going round [04:22.50] [04:25.13]It's just as easy talking up [04:28.58]As talking down [04:29.81] [04:32.48]Going round this old mobile [04:35.96]Going round [04:37.31] [04:40.00]It's just as easy talking up [04:43.40]As talking down [04:44.65] [04:47.59]It's just as easy talking up as talking down