Cleopatra

by Chris Duarte John Jordan recording of 1997 from Tailspin Headwhack (Jive 41611) You walk around here Like beauty lasts forever child You say it's your fortune The kind that drives the fellas wild So are you Cleopatra Your beauty was your one mistake Look there down below Power is all yours to take One day when your beauty is gone Are you gonna be alone Cleo! Been in your tower Men, they kneel to your name Attracted to your power Men today, are all the same Some day when your beauty is gone Are you gonna be all alone Cleo! Cleo! You walk around here Like beauty lasts forever child You say its your fortune The kind that drives the fellas wild So are you Cleopatra Your beauty was your one mistake Look down at your feet For I'm the one that they call the snake One day when your beauty is gone Are you gonna be all alone Cleo! Cleo! Oh, Cleo!

 

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