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BRIDGE RIFF
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-INTRO-
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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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Pre-Chorus-
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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
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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
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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
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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