The Lumineers - Cleopatra

^AbI was Cleopatra, I was young and an actress When you knelt by my mattress, and asked for my^Eb hand ^AbBut I was sad you asked it, as I laid in a black dress With my father in a casket, I had no pl^Ebans ^Ab

^AbAnd I left the footprints, the mu^Dbd stained on the carp^Abet And it hardened like my heart did when you left t^Ebown ^AbBut I must admit it, that I would ma^Dbrry you in an inst^Abant Damn your wife, I'd be your mistress just to have you arou^Ebnd

But I was l^Abate for t^Ebhis, la^Dbte for t^Abhat, l^Dbate for the^Ab love of my l^Ebife And when I ^Abdie a^Eblone, when I^Db die ^Abalone,^Db when I die^Ab I'll be on ^Ebtime

^AbWhile the church discouraged, any ^Dblust that burned within ^Abme Yes my flesh, it was my currency, but I held tr^Ebue ^AbSo I drive a taxi, and the t^Dbraffic distracts ^Abme From the str^Dbangers in my bac^Abkseat, they remind me of y^Ebou

But I was l^Abate for t^Ebhis, la^Dbte for t^Abhat, l^Dbate for the^Ab love of my l^Ebife And when I ^Abdie a^Eblone, when I^Db die ^Abalone,^Db when I die^Ab I'll be on ^Ebtime

And the o^Fmnly gifts from my ^AbLord were ^Dba birth an^Ebd a div^Fmorce But I've ^Abread this script and the ^Fmcostume fits, ^Dbso I'll ^Ebplay my pa^Abrt

^AbI was Cleopatra, I was t^Dballer than the rafte^Abrs But that's all in the past now, gone with the wi^Ebnd ^AbNow a nurse in white shoes leads me b^Dback to my gues^Abtroom It's a b^Dbed and a bath^Abroom and a place for the e^Ebnd

But I was l^Abate for t^Ebhis, la^Dbte for t^Abhat, l^Dbate for the^Ab love of my l^Ebife And when I ^Abdie a^Eblone, when I^Db die ^Abalone,^Db when I die^Ab I'll be on ^Ebtime