Lyrics: Bob Dylan
Music: Bob Dylan
This became a first-set staple for the Grateful Dead after Bob Weir introduced it in 1987.
He has also sung it with many of his solo bands - and Jerry Garcia sang it with some of his bands too.
Oh, the streets of Rome are filled with rubble
Ancient footprints are everywhere
Well 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
Oh, the hours I've spent inside the Coliseum
Dodging lions and wastin' time
Oh, those mighty kings of the jungle
I can hardly stand to see 'em
Well, it sure has been a long hard ride (note 1)
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 (note 2)
When I paint my masterpiece
Sailin' 'round the world in a dirty gondola (note 3)
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 (note 4)
Newspapermen eating candy
Had to be held down by big police
Someday, everything is gonna be diff'rent
When I paint my masterpiece
Someday, everything is gonna be diff'rent
When I paint my masterpiece
When I paint my masterpiece
Grateful Dead Recordings | |||||
Date | Album | ||||
12 Jun 1987 | Giants Stadium 1987, 1989, 1991 Boxed Set | ||||
26 Jul 1987 | View From The Vault IV (DVD & CD soundtrack) | ||||
18 Sep 1987 | 30 Trips Around The Sun | ||||
3 Oct 1987 | View From The Vault III (DVD & CD soundtrack) | ||||
31 Dec 1987 | Ticket To New Year's (video/DVD only) | ||||
31 Mar 1988 | Road Trips Volume 4, Number 2 | ||||
4 Jul 1989 | Truckin' Up To Buffalo (DVD & CD soundtrack) | ||||
10 Jul 1989 | Giants Stadium 1987, 1989, 1991 Boxed Set | ||||
11 Oct 1989 | Postcards Of The Hanging | ||||
18 Mar 1990 | Spring 1990 (The Other One) | ||||
25 Mar 1990 | Dozin' At The Knick (note a) | ||||
29 Mar 1990 | Wake Up To Find Out (note b) | ||||
3 Apr 1990 | Spring 1990 (The Other One) | ||||
18 Jul 1990 | Dave's Picks Volume 40 | ||||
27 Oct 1990 | 30 Trips Around The Sun | ||||
17 Jun 1991 | Giants Stadium 1987, 1989, 1991 Boxed Set (CD and DVD) | ||||
27 May 1993 | Road Trips Vol 2, No 4 | ||||
Jerry Garcia Recordings | |||||
2 Feb 1980 | Jerry Garcia Plays Dylan | Jerry Garcia Band | |||
29 Feb 1980 | Way After Midnight | Jerry Garcia Band | |||
27 Jan 1986 | GarciaLive Volume 14 | Jerry Garcia/John Kahn | |||
28 Feb 1986 | Pure Jerry: Marin Veterans Memorial Auditorium | Jerry Garcia/John Kahn | |||
25 Oct 1987 | Pure Jerry: Lunt-Fontanne: Best Of The Rest | Jerry Garcia Band | |||
31 Oct 1987 | Pure Jerry: Lunt-Fontanne | Jerry Garcia Band | |||
Bob Weir Recordings | |||||
Date | Album | Recorded By | |||
6 Sep 1989 | Fall 1989: The Long Island Sound | Bob Weir and Rob Wasserman | |||
Other Recordings | |||||
Date | Album | Recorded By | |||
1993 | Dead Ringers | Dead Ringers |