Grateful Dead — When I Paint My Masterpiece

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Oh, the streets of Rome 
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Are filled with rubble 
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Ancient footprints are everywhere 
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You can almost think that you're seeing double 
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On a cold dark night on the spanish stairs 
 
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Got to hurry on back to my hotel room 
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Where I got me a date with Botticelli's niece 
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Yeah, she promised that she'd be right there with me 
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When I paint my masterpiece 
 
Oh the hours that I've spent inside the coliseum 
Dodging lions and wasting time 
Oh these mighty kings of the jungle I can hardly stand to see'em 
Yes, it sure has been a long hard climb 
 
Train wheels runnin through the back of my memory 
When I ran on the hilltop following a pack of wild geese 
Someday everything's gonna be smooth like a rhapsody 
When I paint my masterpiece 
 
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I left Rome       and landed in Brussels 
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On plane ride so bumpy that I almost cried 
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Clergymen in uniform and young girls pulling bustles 
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Everyone was there to greet me when I stepped inside 
 
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Newspaper men Eating candy 
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Had to be held down by big police 
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Someday everything's gonna be different 
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When I paint my masterpiece