When I Paint My Masterpiece

Lyrics for When I Paint My Masterpiece

Oh, the streets of Rome are filled with rubble Ancient footprints are everywhere. You could almost think that you're seeing double On the cold, dark night on the Spanish Stairs. Gotta hurry on back to my hotel room Where I got me a date with a pretty little girl from Greece. She promised she'd be there with me When I paint my masterpiece. Oh, the hours we spent, inside the Coliseum. Dodging lions, and a-wasting time Oh those mighty kings of the jungle, I could hardly stand to see 'em Yes it sure has been a long, hard drive. Train wheels a-running thru the back of my memory When I ran on a hilltop following a pack of wild geese Someday everything is gonna sound like a rhapsody When I paint my masterpiece. Sailing round the world in a dirty gondola Oh to be back in the land of, Coca-cola. Well I left Rome, and landed in Brussels On a plane ride so bumpy that I almost cried Clergy men in uniform, and young girls pulling mussels Everyone was there to greet me when I stepped inside Newspaper men eating candy Had to be held down by big police. Someday, everything's gonna be different When I paint my masterpiece.