G C G Oh, the streets of Rome are filled with rubble C G D7 G Ancient footprints are everywhere C G C G You can almost think that youʼre seeinʼ double C G D7 G On a cord, dark night on the Spanish Stairs D7 G C Got to hurry on back to my hotel room D7 G Where Iʼve got me a date with Botticelliʼs niece C G C G She promised that sheʼd be right there with me C G D7 G When I paint my masterpiece Oh, the hours Iʼve spent inside the Coliseum Dodging lions and wastinʼ time Oh, those mighty kings of the jungle I could hardly stand to see ʼem Yes, it sure has been a long, hard climb Train wheels runninʼ 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 Bridge: Cm G Sailinʼround the world in a dirty gondola Bm C D7 C G A7 D7 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 pullinʼ 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 different C G D7 C G A7 G When I paint my masterpiece