🎵 Luyện Nghe Bài Hát: Cleopatra - The Lumineers

 [Verse 1]
 I was Cleopatra, I was young and an 
 When you knelt by my mattress, and asked for  hand
 But I  sad you asked it,
  I laid in a black dress
 With my father in a casket, I had  plans
 
 And I left the  the mud stained on the carpet
 And it hardened like my  did when you left town
 But I must admit it,  I would marry you in an instant
 Damn your wife, I'd be your mistress just to have you 
 
 [Chorus]
 But I was late  this, late for that, late for the love of my life
  when I die alone, when I die alone, when I die I'll be on time
 
 [Verse 2]
  the church discouraged, any lust that burned within me
 Yes  flesh, it was my currency, but I held true
  I drive a taxi, and the traffic distracts me
 From the strangers in my backseat, they remind me of 
 
 [Chorus]
 But I was late for this, late for that, late  the love of my life
 And when I die alone, when I die alone,  I die I'll be on time
 
 [Bridge]
 And the only gifts from my Lord were a  and a divorce
 But I've read this script and the costume fits,  I'll play my part
 
 [Verse 3]
 I was Cleopatra, I  taller than the rafters
 But that's all in the past now,  with the wind
 Now a nurse in white shoes leads me back to  guestroom
 It's a  and a bathroom
  a place for the end
 
 [Outro]
 I won't be late for this, late for that, late for the love of my 
 And when I die alone, when I die alone, when I die I'll be on