The Lumineers - Cleopatra

^GI was Cleopatra ^GI was young and an actress ^Gand you knelt by my mattress and asked for my ^Dhand ^GAnd I was sad you asked it ^Gas I laid in a black dress ^Gwith my father in a casket I had no ^Dplans (yea)

^GAnd I left the footprints The mud ^Cstained on the ^Gcarpet ^Gand it hardened like my heart did when you left ^Dtown ^GBut I must admit it that I would ^Cmarry you in an ^Ginstant ^GDamn your wife, I'd be your mistress just to have you ^Daround

But I was ^Glate for ^Dthis ^CLate for ^Gthat ^CLate for the ^Glove of my^D life When ^GI die ^Dalone When ^CI die ^Galone When I^C die ^GI'll be on^D time (^Day^Ge)

^GAnd the Church discouraged any l^Cust that burned wi^Gthin me ^GYes my flesh it was my currency but I held ^Dout ^GWhen a man's dejected well he can ^Cfight for your ^Gaffections ^Gor he can act like he never met you and even go to the ^Dground

But I was ^Glate for ^Dthis L^Cate for ^Gthat La^Cte for the l^Gove of m^Dy life And when ^GI die ^Dalone When ^CI die ^Galone When I ^Cdie ^GI'll be on ^Dtime (^Day^Ge)

^GSo I drive a taxi and the ^Ctraffic dist^Gracts me ^Gfrom the strangers in my backseat They remind me of ^Dyou ^GBut it's all a daydream when it's ^Cyou who's beh^Gind me ^Gbut you never recognize me appraising ^Dyou

^EmAnd the only gifts from my ^GLord were a ^Cbirth ^Dand a ^Gdivorce but I've ^Emread this script and the ^Ccostume ^Gfits ^Cso I ^Dplay my ^Gpart

^GAnd there are nights I wake up to the ^Csound of a d^Goor shut ^Gand I search on the floor but I find no ^Dtracks

^GAnd the nurse in white shoes leads me ^Cback to my ^Gguest room ^Git's a bed and a bathroom and a place to ^Drelax

but I was ^Glate for ^Dthis ^Clate for ^Gthat ^Clate for the ^Glove of m^Dy life When ^GI die ^Dalone When ^CI die ^Galone When ^CI die I'll ^Gbe on ^Dtime (a^Dye)