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