Oh, the streets of Rome are filled with rubble
Ancient footprints are everywhere
Well you can almost think that you're seein' double
On a cold dark night on the Spanish Stairs
Got to hurry on back to my hotel room
Where I've got me a date with Botticelli's niece
She promised she'd be right there with me
When I paint my masterpiece
Oh, the hours I've spent inside the Coliseum
Dodging lions and wastin' time
Oh, those mighty kings of the jungle
I can hardly stand to see 'em
Well, it sure has been a long hard ride(*1)
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(*2)
When I paint my masterpiece
Sailin' 'round the world in a dirty gondola(*3)
Oh, to be back in the land of Coca-Cola
I left Rome and landed in Brussels
On a plane ride so b**py that I almost cried
Clergymen in uniform and young girls pullin' muscles
Everyone was there to greet me when I stepped inside(*4)
Newspapermen eating candy
Had to be held down by big police
Someday, everything is gonna be diff'rent
When I paint my masterpiece
Someday, everything is gonna be diff'rent
When I paint my masterpiece
When I paint my masterpiece
Notes:
(1) the original Dylan version is "... long hard climb"
(2) the original Dylan line is "Someday, everything is gonna be smooth like a rhapsody"
(3) these lines are in the Dylan original, but Weir mostly omitted them (but thanks to Chris Cahill, David Stone and Chuck Monk for pointing out that he did sing them a few times in 1990, 1994 and 1995.)
(4) on the version on "Dozin' At The Knick", Weir simply repeats the line "It sure has been a long hard ride" here
Ancient footprints are everywhere
Well you can almost think that you're seein' double
On a cold dark night on the Spanish Stairs
Got to hurry on back to my hotel room
Where I've got me a date with Botticelli's niece
She promised she'd be right there with me
When I paint my masterpiece
Oh, the hours I've spent inside the Coliseum
Dodging lions and wastin' time
Oh, those mighty kings of the jungle
I can hardly stand to see 'em
Well, it sure has been a long hard ride(*1)
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(*2)
When I paint my masterpiece
Sailin' 'round the world in a dirty gondola(*3)
Oh, to be back in the land of Coca-Cola
I left Rome and landed in Brussels
On a plane ride so b**py that I almost cried
Clergymen in uniform and young girls pullin' muscles
Everyone was there to greet me when I stepped inside(*4)
Newspapermen eating candy
Had to be held down by big police
Someday, everything is gonna be diff'rent
When I paint my masterpiece
Someday, everything is gonna be diff'rent
When I paint my masterpiece
When I paint my masterpiece
Notes:
(1) the original Dylan version is "... long hard climb"
(2) the original Dylan line is "Someday, everything is gonna be smooth like a rhapsody"
(3) these lines are in the Dylan original, but Weir mostly omitted them (but thanks to Chris Cahill, David Stone and Chuck Monk for pointing out that he did sing them a few times in 1990, 1994 and 1995.)
(4) on the version on "Dozin' At The Knick", Weir simply repeats the line "It sure has been a long hard ride" here