The Grateful Dead — When I Paint My Masterpiece Live at Knickerbocker Arena March 1990

[Verse 1] 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 she'd be right there with me When I paint my masterpiece [Instrumental Break] [Verse 2] Oh, the hours I've spent inside the Colosseum Dodging lions and wastin', wastin' time Oh, those mighty kings of the jungle I could hardly stand to see 'em Well, 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, life will be sweet like a rhapsody When I paint my masterpiece [Instrumental Break] [Verse 3] I left Rome, then I landed in Brussels On a flight so bumpy that I almost cried Clergymen in uniform, yes, and young girls pullin' muscles They cheered, happy when I got right Newspapermen eating candy Had to be held down by big police Someday, everything gonna be different When I paint my masterpiece Someday, everything gonna be different When I paint my masterpiece When I paint my masterpiece