When I Paint My Masterpiece - Studio Outtake - 1971

Oh, the streets of Rome are filled with rubble
 Ancient footprints are everywhere
 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 that she'd be right there with me
 When I paint my masterpiece
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 Oh, the hours that I've spent inside the Coliseum
 Dodging lions and wastin' time
 Oh, those mighty kings of the jungle, I could hardly stand to see 'em
 Yes, it sure has been a long, hard climb
 Train wheels runnin' through the back of my memory
 As the daylight arose through a creek
 Someday, everything is gonna be smooth like a rhapsody
 When I paint my masterpiece
 I left Rome and landed in Brussels
 Where the picture of a tall up tree by my side
 Clergymen in uniform and young girls pullin' turtles
 Everyone was there but nobody tried to hide
 Newspapermen eating candy
 Had to be held down by big police
 Someday, everything is gonna be different
 When I paint my masterpiece