Songwriter: Bob Dylan
Producer: Don DeVito Jeff Rosen
[Verse]
Oh, the streets of Rome are filled with rubble
Ancient footprints are everywhere
You can almost think that you're seeing 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 a pretty little girl, Bernice
She promised that she'd be right there with me
When I paint my masterpiece
[Verse]
Oh, the hours we've spent inside the Coliseum
Dodging lions and wasting 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 running through the back of my memory
When I ran on the hilltop following a pack of wild geese
Someday, everything will sound like a rhapsody
When I paint my masterpiece
[Bridge]
Sailed round the world in a dirty gondola
Oh, to be back in the land of Coca-Cola!
[Verse]
I left Rome and I landed in Brussels
On a plane ride so bumpy that I almost cried
Clergymen in uniform and young girls pulling muscles
Everyone was there to greet me when I stepped inside
Newspapermen eating candy
Had to be held down by big police
Someday, everything is going to be different
When I paint my masterpiece
Someday, everything is going to be different
When I paint my masterpiece
Oh, the streets of Rome are filled with rubble
Ancient footprints are everywhere
You can almost think that you're seeing 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 a pretty little girl, Bernice
She promised that she'd be right there with me
When I paint my masterpiece
[Verse]
Oh, the hours we've spent inside the Coliseum
Dodging lions and wasting 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 running through the back of my memory
When I ran on the hilltop following a pack of wild geese
Someday, everything will sound like a rhapsody
When I paint my masterpiece
[Bridge]
Sailed round the world in a dirty gondola
Oh, to be back in the land of Coca-Cola!
[Verse]
I left Rome and I landed in Brussels
On a plane ride so bumpy that I almost cried
Clergymen in uniform and young girls pulling muscles
Everyone was there to greet me when I stepped inside
Newspapermen eating candy
Had to be held down by big police
Someday, everything is going to be different
When I paint my masterpiece
Someday, everything is going to be different
When I paint my masterpiece
Bob Dylan - The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration
- Masters of War
- Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right
- Rainy Day Women #12 & 35
- Blowin’ In The Wind (Dylan 30th Anniversary)
- It Ain’t Me, Babe (Dylan 30th Anniversary)
- What Was It You Wanted (Dylan 30th Anniversary)
- Seven Days (Dylan 30th Anniversary)
- Just Like A Woman (Dylan 30th Anniversary)
- When the Ship Comes In (Dylan 30th Anniversary)
- All Along The Watchtower (Dylan 30th Anniversary)
- When I Paint My Masterpiece (Dylan 30th Anniversary)
- It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding) (Dylan 30th Anniversary)
- My Back Pages (Dylan 30th Anniversary)
- I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight (Dylan 30th Anniversary)
- You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere
- License to Kill
- Girl Of The North Country (Dylan 30th Anniversary)
- Absolutely Sweet Marie
- Mr. Tambourine Man
- The Times They Are A-Changin’
- Highway 61 Revisited (Dylan 30th Anniversary)
- Emotionally Yours
- Like a Rolling Stone
- I Shall Be Released
- Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues
- Foot of Pride
- Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
- Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door (Dylan 30th Anniversary)
- Atlantic City
- I Shall Be Released
- Tears of Rage
- This Wheel’s on Fire
- Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever [Live at the Academy of Music]
- When I Paint My Masterpiece [Live at the Academy of Music]
- Long Distance Operator
- Like a Rolling Stone [Live at the Academy of Music]
- Tears of Rage (Alternate Take)
- When I Paint My Masterpiece
- Don’t Ya Tell Henry [Live at the Academy of Music]
- Down in the Flood [Live]
- Down in the Flood [Live at the Academy of Music]
- When I Paint My Masterpiece (Dylan 30th Anniversary)
- I Shall Be Released [Live at the Academy of Music]
- This Wheel’s on Fire [Live at the Academy of Music]