When I Paint My Masterpiece Lyrics - Bob Dylan

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 Botticellis niece 

She promised that she'd be right there with me 

When I paint my masterpiece 

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 

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Train wheels runnin' through the back of my memory 

As the daylight I was new tree 

Someday, everything is gonna be smooth like a rhapsody 

When I paint my masterpiece 

I left Rome and landed in Brussels 

Where they picture of tall up tree by my side 

Clergymen in uniform and young girls pullin' turtles 

Everyone was there but nobody tried to hide 

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Newspapermen eating candy 

Had to be held down by big police 

Someday, everything is gonna be different 

When I paint my masterpiece