Met dit nummer zijn we in de eenzame hoogten van mijn persoonlijke top-zoveel, hetgeen u ongetwijfeld buitengewoon zal interesseren. Ooit komt dat meesterstuk af.
The Band, LP Cahoots uit 1971, met een nummer geschreven door 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 a pretty little girl from Greece
She promised that she’d be there with me
When I paint my masterpiece
Oh, the hours we’d spend inside the Colosseum
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 are runnin’ through the back of my memory
When I ran on the hilltop following a pack of wild geese
Someday, everything is gonna be smooth like a rhapsody
When I paint my masterpiece
Sailin’ round the world in a dirty gondola
Oh, to be back in the land of Coca-Cola!
I left Rome and landed in Brussels
On a plane ride so bumpy that I almost cried
Clergymen in uniform and young girls pullin’ muscles
Everyone was there to greet me when I stepped inside
Newspapermen eating candy
Had to be held down by big police
Someday, everything is gonna be diff’rent
When I paint my masterpiece
Sailin’ round the world in a dirty gondola
Oh, to be back in the land of Coca-Cola!
I left Rome and landed in Brussels
On a plane ride so bumpy that I almost cried
Clergymen in uniform and young girls pullin’ muscles
Everyone was there to greet me when I stepped inside
Newspapermen eating candy
Had to be held down by big police
Someday, everything is gonna be diff’rent
When I paint that masterpiece
