歌词与中文翻译
When I Paint My Masterpiece - The Band
在我绘制杰作之时
噢，碎石铺就的罗马街道
Oh, the streets of Rome are filled with rubble,
随处可见古老的脚印
你大可想象自己在寒冷漆黑的夜里
Ancient footprints are everywhere.
在西班牙阶梯上感到目眩神迷
赶回我的旅馆客房
You could almost think that your seeing double,
我和一位漂亮的希腊姑娘约好
在那里谈情说爱
On the cold, dark night on the Spanish Stairs.
她答应我会在那里
陪着我作画
Gotta hurry on back to my hotel room,
哎，我们在圆形竞技场里度过的时光
我们像角斗士那样躲避狮子，时间过得真快呀
Where I got me a date
噢，那些硕大的丛林之王
With a pretty little girl from Greece.
我再也受不了看到它们
嗯，这确实是一段漫长难熬的旅行
She promised she'd be there with me,
车轮滚滚，驶向我的记忆
那时我正跟着一群野鹅跑向山顶
When I paint my masterpiece.
有朝一日当我作画之时
一切都会听起来像一支狂想曲
Oh, the hours we spent, inside the Coliseum.
乘着一艘肮脏的威尼斯小船航行
哎，又要回到可口可乐的领地上
Dodging lions, and a-wasting time,
我搭飞机离开了罗马，降落在布鲁塞尔
飞机在空中颠簸，而我近乎哭泣
Oh those mighty kings of the jungle,
当我踏上这片土地时
I could hardly stand to see'em
穿着道袍的教士，吃着壳菜的女孩，每个人都向我打招呼
报社记者吃着糖果
Yes it sure has been a long, hard drive.
我只得被高大的警察护送穿过人群
有朝一日，在我绘制杰作时，一切都将会不同
Train wheels a-running thru the back of my memory,
有朝一日，在我绘制杰作时，一切都将会不同
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.
Someday, its gonna be different, When I paint my masterpiece.