Cleopatra
The Lumineers
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AbI was Cleopatra, I was young and an actress
When you knelt by my mattress, and asked for my Ebhand
But I was Absad you asked it, as I laid in a black dress
With my father in a casket, I had no Ebplans
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AbAnd I left the footprints, the mud Dbstained on the Abcarpet
And it hardened like my heart did when you left Ebtown
But I Abmust admit it, that I would Dbmarry you in an Abinstant
Damn your wife, I'd be your mistress just to have you Ebaround
But I was Ablate for Ebthis, Dblate for Abthat, Dblate for the Ablove of my Eblife
And when I Abdie Ebalone, when I Dbdie Abalone, when I Dbdie I'll Abbe on Ebtime
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While the Abchurch discouraged, any Dblust that burned within Abme
Yes my flesh, it was my currency, but I held Ebtrue
So I Abdrive a taxi, and the Dbtraffic Abdistracts me
From the Dbstrangers in my Abbackseat, they remind me Ebof you
But I was Ablate for Ebthis, Dblate for Abthat, Dblate for the Ablove of my Eblife
And when I Abdie Ebalone, when I Dbdie Abalone, when I Dbdie I'll Abbe on Ebtime
And the Fmonly gifts from my AbLord were a Dbbirth Eband a Fmdivorce
But I've Abread this script and the Fmcostume fits, Dbso I'll Ebplay my Abpart
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I was AbCleopatra, I was Dbtaller than the Abrafters
But that's all in the past now, gone with the Ebwind
Now a Abnurse in white shoes Dbleads me back to my Abguestroom
It's a Dbbed and a Abbathroom
And a place for the Ebend
I won't be Ablate for Ebthis, Dblate for Abthat, Dblate for the Ablove of my Eblife
And when I Abdie Ebalone, when I Dbdie Abalone, when I Dbdie I'll Abbe on Ebtime
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