Cleopatra In Brooklyn

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-VERSE-

Wake up in the morning you feel out of place

You re a disgrace

Once more with resigna-----tion


The world won t appreciate greatness today

But there s bills to be paid

So you stumble to the sta-----tion

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You re wearing your most imperceptible frown

These people are adjectives to your proper noun
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As you wash through the streets of this phony old town

It s wearing you down


-Chorus-

And yet there you are

Standing out in your favourite blue dress

Hair is a mess

Nevertheless

Cleopatra in Broo--klyn



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-VERSE-

You casually shed poetry like your clothes

In neat little rows

On the floor of my hotel room


You d always dreamed that you d be a princess

But you d accept less

Holding court holed-up in your be-----droom


-Pre-Chorus-
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And I d say I was Antony begging at your door

But I know that you d laugh and just ask me what for
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And then just roll your eyes as I fell the floor

And swear that I m yours


-Chorus-

And yet there you are

Standing out in your favourite blue dress

Hair is a mess

Nevertheless

Cleopatra in Broo--klyn


BRIDGE RIFF
BRIDGE RIFF

-BRIDGE-
BRIDGE RIFF BRIDGE RIFF
You wait by the Brooklyn bridge for your king to return
BRIDGE RIFF BRIDGE RIFF
You wait by the Brooklyn bridge for your king to return
BRIDGE RIFF BRIDGE RIFF
Yeah, you wait by the Brooklyn bridge for your king to return

Then retire to your palace on Smith Street as the old rope bu-------------rns

-OUTRO-

Yet there you are

Standing out in your favourite blue dress

Hair is a mess

Nevertheless

Cleopatra in Broo--klyn


Yes there you are

A glittering star

Couldn t care less

Who do you impress

You re my thrift store princess

Cleopatra in Broo--klyn


I ll come find you when the fates dessert you
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I ll still hold you when the Gods dessert you