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Postcards of the Hanging
When I Paint My Masterpiece (Live)

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The Grateful Dead

When I Paint My Masterpiece (Live)

Release date: 11th October 1989

From Postcards of the Hanging

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"When I Paint My Masterpiece (Live)" is a track by The Grateful Dead, from the album Postcards of the Hanging, released 11th October 1989. Full lyrics are available below.

Lyrics

When I Paint My Masterpiece (Live)

[Verse 1]

Oh, the streets of Rome are filled with rubble

Ancient footprints are everywhere

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

[Instrumental break]

[Verse 2]

Oh, the hours I've spent inside the Colosseum

Dodging lions and wastin' time

Oh, those mighty kings of the jungle

I could hardly stand to see 'em

Yes, it sure has been a long hard climb

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

When I paint my masterpiece

[Instrumental break]

[Verse 3]

So I left Rome, and I landed in Brussels

On a flight so bumpy that I almost cried

Clergymen in uniform, yes, and young girls pullin' muscles

When they cheered, happy when I got right

Newspapermen eating candy

Had to be held down by big police

Someday, everything gonna be different

When I paint my masterpiece, that's right

Someday, everything gonna be different

When I paint my masterpiece

When I paint my masterpiece

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Track details

From Postcards of the Hanging

1989

Album

Postcards of the Hanging

The Grateful Dead

Release year

1989

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Credits

Writer: Bob Dylan
Producer: The Grateful Dead
Engineer: Bill Candelario, John Cutler
Drums: Bill Kreutzmann, Mickey Hart
Keyboards: Brent Mydland
Vocals: Brent Mydland, Jerry Garcia, Phil Lesh
Arranger: Bill Kreutzmann, Bob Weir, Brent Mydland, Jerry Garcia, Mickey Hart, Phil Lesh, The Grateful Dead
Bass Guitar: Phil Lesh
Credited: Grateful Dead Records, Rhino Records
Lead Guitar: Jerry Garcia
Lead Vocals: Bob Weir
Mastering Engineer: Joe Gastwirt
Mixing Engineer: Jeffrey Norman
Rhythm Guitar: Bob Weir