When I Paint My Masterpiece

by John Stuart

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The streets of Rome are paved with rubble
Ancient footprints are everywhere
You can almost think you're seeing double
On a cold dark night on the Spanish stair

Gotta get myself 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 wasting time
Those mighty kings of the jungle I can hardly stand to see 'em
You know it sure has been a long hard drive

Train wheels running through the back of my memory
When I ran up a hillside following a pack of wild geese
Someday everything's 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 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 is gonna feel different
When I paint my masterpiece

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released May 24, 2021
Arranged, performed, and engineered by John Stuart

Music and lyrics by Bob Dylan

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