Italy

"Italy" So there we were in the heart Where everything that we know got its start Then it all fell apart Well I guess that's what you get When you spread yourself too thin But we had bigger fish to fry Like findin' a place to sleep at night I bought a slice of pizza Just to try and kill some time And for a minute everything was fine We had a number in our notebook But it was way too late to call It was well after midnight When our train passed through the city walls We didn't know this girl at all So we got out our travel book To read about the neighborhood Said it wasn't very good But it felt alright to me All I wanted to do was go to sleep So we walked around the corner And we found a cheap motel We knew we couldn't afford it But we said, "Oh well" When you've been on the train all day In a big city in a new country You're real tired and it's late Sometimes it's better just to pay That's the way it goes Sometimes you know It'd be okay And after all we were in Rome Well it had been a long time Since we had slept inside We woke up late the next day And the sun was shining bright We paid our bill, we cried, we went outside Now they got their bread and circus And I guess so do we But they got theirs for free I think that we're bein' ripped off We must destroy all empires at any cost When you're standin' in a temple Of a long-gone God it seems so simple Everybody dies, no matter who you are From far enough away our sun is just another star And the statue of Moses that we saw Had horns on his head and was eight feet tall Maybe that was the case, No it's not our place to say Maybe some things just don't translate We called up this girl Who had ordered a CD She was the first from Italy And we asked for hospitality She said we could stay at her parents' place They were so sweet to us It was so nice to meet a punk She took good care of you and me She bought us soy ice cream Her mom cooked dinner every night It was so hard for us to leave And the stray dogs of Pompey Were our guides that day They became our friends, We were a lot like them They taught us many things And all they wanted was some food for their pay Then we went to the coast Where the roads are wound so close And the buses bounce from side-to-side We thought that we might die We couldn't find a place to sleep at all that night The city filled with scooters Held so many mysteries I saw the weirdest thing there That I think I'll ever see It was a pizza topped with octopus, A whole arm on each slice But I got my dinner there It was a pizza topped with fries And Italy was nice Made us feel right at home Our money's in the fountain And we will return to Rome