Toto — Spanish Steps

The first time I saw her She was wearing scarves of white That little spark between us Took only seconds to ignite And then it occurred to me But suddenly I was standing there alone On the Spanish steps of Rome I kept searching through the alleys Searching through the Catacombs that night I closed my eyes and threw a coin into the fountain She was nowhere in sight I wandered through the Holy City Like a beggar beneath the moonlit dome Near the Spanish steps of Rome I heard a voice as I looked through my fingers And saw the old Monseigneur He gave me his blessing, but then he said to me "Don't try and please her" And then I heard her singing Like some diva perched upon her throne On the Spanish steps of Rome Now I know I should have listened When he warned me, he warned me not to follow I noticed that the statue's eyes Were all sunken and hollow Well, she let those young wolves do their dirty deeds While she lay inside her home On the Spanish steps of Rome On the Spanish steps of Rome