I was Cleopatra I was young and an actress When you knelt by my mattress and asked 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, ah 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 taxi 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, ah