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, when I die I'll be on time

While the church discouraged,

any lust that burned within me

Yes my flesh, it was my

currency, but I held true

So I drive a ta i, and

the traffic distracts me

From the strangers in my

backseat, 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

And the only gifts from my Lord

were a 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

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 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