Oh, the streets of Rome are filled with rubble
Ancient footprints are everywhere
You can almost think that youre seein double
On a cold dark night on the Spanish Stairs
Got to 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 and wastin, wastin time
Oh, those mighty kings of the jungle
I could hardly stand to see em
Well, it sure has been a long hard climb
Train wheels runnin through the back of my memory
When I ran on the hilltop following a pack of wild geese
Someday, life will be sweet like a rhapsody
When I paint my masterpiece
I left Rome, then I landed in Brussels
On a flight so bumpy that I almost cried
Clergymen in uniform, yes, and young girls pullin muscles
They cheered, happy when I got right
Newspapermen eating candy
Had to be held down by big police
Someday, everything gonna be different
When I paint my masterpiece
Someday, everything gonna be different
When I paint my masterpiece
When I paint my masterpiece