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