"Copyright music and lyrics reproduced by kind permission of Special Rider -- for original, exclusive performances by Bob Dylan, check-out the official channel at youtube.com/bobdylan."; <br /> <br />Love Minus Zero & Friends Play Dylan - When I Paint My Masterpiece, <br />Love Minus Zero & Friends Play Dylan features The Porch Chops who perform a great Bob Dylan classic, "When I Paint My Masterpiece," at the World Cafe Live at the Queen, in Wilmington, DE, on May 11, 2012. In this video is: Brad Riesau also of The Porch Chops (vocals, guitar), Butch Zito of Stackabones (mandolin), Steve Hobson of the Sin City Band & The Porch Chops (guitar, vocals), Christian Salcedo of The Porch Chops (vocals, bass), D. Batterie of The Porch Chops (drums). — at World Cafe Live at The Queen May 11, 2012. <br /> <br />When I Paint My Masterpiece by Bob Dylan <br />http://www.bobdylan.com/us/songs/when-i-paint-my-masterpiece <br /> <br />Oh, the streets of Rome are filled with rubble <br />Ancient footprints are everywhere <br />You can almost think that you're seein' double <br />On a cold, dark night on the Spanish Stairs <br />Got to hurry on back to my hotel room <br />Where I've got me a date with Botticelli's niece <br />She promised that she'd be right there with me <br />When I paint my masterpiece <br /> <br />Oh, the hours I've spent inside the Coliseum <br />Dodging lions and wastin' time <br />Oh, those mighty kings of the jungle, <br />I could hardly stand to see 'em <br />Yes, it sure has been a long, hard climb <br />Train wheels runnin' through the back of my memory <br />When I ran on the hilltop following a pack of wild geese <br />Someday, everything is gonna be smooth like a rhapsody <br />When I paint my masterpiece <br /> <br />Sailin' round the world in a dirty gondola <br />Oh, to be back in the land of Coca-Cola! <br /> <br />I left Rome and landed in Brussels <br />On a plane ride so bumpy that I almost cried <br />Clergymen in uniform and young girls pullin' muscles <br />Everyone was there to greet me when I stepped inside <br />Newspapermen eating candy <br />Had to be held down by big police <br />Someday, everything is gonna be different <br />When I paint my masterpiece
