Cleopatra piano leadsheet with chords

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,

yeah.

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,

die I'll be on time,

ahh.

And while the church discouraged

any lust that burned within me.

Yes, my flesh, it was not currency but I held true.

So I drive a taxi and the traffic distracts me from the strangers in my back seat.

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.

The only gifts from my Lord were 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.

And 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

ahh.