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. [ Lyrics from: http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/b/bob_dylan/when_i_paint_my_masterpiece.html ]
Oh, the hours 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,
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.
I'm leaving that picture on my wall- i don't want to burden him with me or it, i have no right-i was wrong thinking i could fix us, i didn't see his side only my own. Maybe he will forgive me even though i don't deserve it... I'll never look past my back yard again, if it isn't there then maybe god doesn't want me to have it.
Baby's afraid of me? The picture shows me living somewhere that's in total isolation from myself. He's the one who got me out of there and all i want to do is to thank him by sending my masterpiece. I accept where i am, god tells me so and baby does too. Don't surrender, don't give yourself away- i will always give myself away-surendering is all there is