pspence
The new definitive version of a song with sneakily wonderful lyrics. John pulled out of the words what was waiting to be pulled out.
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lyrics
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
credits
released May 24, 2021
Arranged, performed, and engineered by John Stuart
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