Cleopatra In Brooklyn

-RIFFS- BRIDGE RIFF e|----------0-------------0----------------------------------| B|-------------3-------------3----------3-------------3------| G|-------2-------------2-------------------0-------------0---| D|---0-------------0h3---------------2-------------2---------| A|-------------------------------0-------------0h3-----------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------| -INTRO- * -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 -Pre-Chorus- * You're wearing your most imperceptible frown These people are adjectives to your proper noun * 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 * -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- * And I'd say I was Antony begging at your door But I know that you'd laugh and just ask me what for * 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 I'll still hold you when the Gods dessert you