[Verse 1]

             
I was Cleopatr

             
a, I was young

        
 and an actres

s
             
When you knelt

             
 by my mattres

              
s, and asked f

      
or 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

             
And I left the

              
 footprints, t

             
he mud stained

        
 on the carpet
             
And it hardene

             
d like my hear

              
t did when you

      
 left town
             
But I must adm

              
it it, that I 

             
would marry yo

        
u in an instan

t
             
Damn your wife

              
, I'd be your 

             
mistress just 

            
to have you ar

ound


[Chorus]
             
But I was late

            
 for this, lat

            
e for that, la

             
te for the lov

        
e of my life
             
And when I die

             
 alone, when I

            
 die alone, wh

            
en I die I'll 

      
be on time


[Verse 2]
             
And the church

              
 discouraged, 

             
any lust that 

       
burned in me
             
Yes my flesh, 

             
it was my curr

              
ency, but I he

   
ld out
             
When a man's r

              
ejected, but h

             
e can fight fo

       
r your affecti

on
             
And he can act

              
 like he never

             
 met you and l

              
eave low to th

  
e ground


[Chorus]
             
But I was late

            
 for this, lat

            
e for that, la

             
te for the lov

        
e of my life
             
And when I die

             
 alone, when I

            
 die alone, wh

            
en I die I'll 

      
be on time


[Verse 3]
             
So I drive a t

             
axi, and the t

            
raffic distrac

ts me
             
From the stran

             
gers in my bac

              
kseat, they re

           
mind me of you
             
But it's all a

              
 daydream, but

             
 it's you who'

  
s behind me
             
But you never 

             
recognize me, 

                
appraising you


[Bridge]
            
And the only g

             
ifts from my L

             
ord were a bir

        
th and a divor

ce
             
But I've read 

              
this script an

            
d the costume 

             
fits, so I'll 

       
play my part


[Interlude]
                     
                     
         


[Verse 4]
              
And there are 

             
nights I wake 

             
up, to the sou

        
nd of a door s

hut
             
And I search o

             
n the floors b

             
ut I find no t

racks
             
And the nurse 

              
in white shoes

             
 leads me back

       
 to my guestro

om
             
It's a bed and

   
 a bathroom
              
And a place fo

      
r the end


[Outro]
             
But I was late

            
 for this, lat

            
e for that, la

             
te for the lov

        
e of my life
             
And when I die

             
 alone, when I

            
 die alone, wh

            
en I die I'll 

      
be on time