1170 – The Band – When I paint my masterpiece (1971)

Escrita por Bob Dylan, foi gravada inicialmente pela The Band e lançada em 15 de setembro de 1971 no disco Cahoots. Bob Dylan lançaria sua versão em 17 de novembro de 1971 no disco Bob Dylan Greates Hits Vol. 2.

Foi regravada pelos Grateful Dead e Emmylou Harris, entre outros artistas.

Levon Helmo cantou e tocou bandolim. Robbie Robertson tocou violão. Garth Hudson tocou sanfona. Rick Danko tocou baixo e Richard Manuel tocou bateria.

A letra:

Oh, the streets of Rome are filled with rubble,
ancient footprints are everywhere.
You could almost think that you're seeing double,
On the cold, dark night on the Spanish Stairs.
Gotta hurry on back to my hotel room,
Where I got me a date with a pretty little girl from Greece.
She promised she'd be there with me,
When I paint my masterpiece.

Oh, the hours we spent, inside the Coliseum.
Dodging lions, and a-wasting time,
oh those mighty kings of the jungle, I could hardly stand to see 'em
Yes it sure has been a long, hard drive.
Train wheels a-running thru the back of my memory,
When I ran on a hilltop following a pack of wild geese,
Someday everything is gonna sound like a rhapsody
When I paint my masterpiece.

Sailing round the world in a dirty gondola,
Oh to be back in the land of, Coca-cola.
Well I left Rome, and landed in Brussels,
On a plane ride so bumpy that I almost cried,
Clergy men in uniform, and young girls pulling mussels,
Everyone was there to greet me when I stepped inside,
Newspaper men eating candy,
Had to be held down by big police.
Someday, its gonna be different,
When I paint my masterpiece.

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