When In Rome

Album: Storm Front (1989)
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  • Well I see you in the morning
    Putting on your pretty clothes
    And I watch you do your make-up
    Like they do in all those fashion shows
    Then you turn to me so that I can see
    If you put yourself together right
    Then you go away and you're gone all day
    But I know you're coming home tonight
    And when you're home,
    Darling all you've got to be is you
    But when in Rome, do as the Romans do

    Well it's alright if you're tired
    When your day is done
    You can see when you look at me,
    You're not the only one
    It's a cold, cruel world for a working girl
    But you can't let them see you cry
    It's a fact of life, now man and wife
    Work full time to just get by
    And when we're home all
    It's gonna be is me and you
    But when in Rome, do as the Romans do

    I've done some strange things I
    Never thought I'd do before
    But if the strain brings happiness,
    More or less.
    More or less.

    Then I don't mind masquerading
    With all those other fools
    I don't mind the games I'm playing,
    Because I've learned the rules
    And when times are tough, I've got just enough
    If you're standing right by my side
    Darling more and more I get hungry for
    All the ways you keep me satisfied
    On our own there ain't nothing
    That we can't get through
    But when in Rome, do as the Romans do

    Then I don't mind masquerading with all those other fools
    I don't mind the games I'm playing,
    Because I've learned the rules
    It doesn't matter when we're home, all alone
    All we've got to be is me and you
    On our own there ain't nothing
    That we can't get through
    But when in Rome, do as the Romans do

    Swing that hammer and break that stone
    Push those buttons and answer that phone
    Coffee in the morning and martinis at night
    Everybody's working up a big appetite
    Do as the Romans do. Writer/s: BILLY JOEL
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
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