Oh, the streets of Rome are filled with rubble
Ancient footprints are everywhere
Well, you could almost think that youre seein double
On a cold dark night on the Spanish Stairs
Gotta hurry on back to my hotel room
Where Ive got me a date with Botticellis niece
She promised shed be right there with me
When I paint my masterpiece
Oh, the hours Ive spent inside the Colosseum
Dodging lions, yes, and wastin timе
Oh, those mighty kings of the jungle
I could hardly stand to see еm
Where it sure has been a long hard climb
Train wheels rollin through the back of my memory
When I ran on the hilltop following a pack of wild geese
And someday, life will be sweet like a rhapsody
When I paint my masterpiece
So I left Rome, and I landed in Brussels
On a flight so darn bumpy that I almost cried
Clergymen in uniform, young girls pullin muscles
Well, it sure has been a long hard ride
Newspapermen eating candy
Had to be held down by big police
And someday, everything gonna be different
When I paint my masterpiece
Someday, everythings gonna be different, yes, it will
When I paint my masterpiece
When I paint my masterpiece