I read your book
And I find it strange
That I know that girl and I know her world
A little too well
And I didn't know
By giving my hand
That I would be written down, sliced around, passed down
Among stranger's hands

Three days in Rome
Where do we go
I'll always remember
Three days in Rome

Never again
Would I see your face
You carry a pen and a paper and no time and no words you waste
Oh, you're a voyeur
The worst kind of thief
To take what happened to us
To write down everything that went on between you and me

Oh, three days in Rome
And I stand alone
I'll always remember, mmm
Three days in Rome

And what do I get
Do I get revenge
While you lay it all out
Without any doubt
Of how this would end
Sometimes it goes
Sometimes we come
To learn by mistake that the love you once made
Can't be undone

Oh, but three days in Rome
I laid my heart out
I laid my soul down
And oh, I'll always remember
Three days in Rome

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I think this song is about a woman (possibly Ms. Crow) scorned by a writer she had a three day one-night-stand with--obviously in Rome. It's a tad self explanatory. Anyway, she thought they really had something and yet he wrote down their experiences and made what they shared seem cheap and lowly. "You carry a pen and a paper, and no time and no words you waste" implies that he has either done this before or that he had it all planned out. "And I didn't know, By giving my hand, That I would be written down, sliced around, Passed down, Among strangers hands" hints more at the lowness of his writing and how the experience was written down, cut in the publishing process, and passed around for the general public to read. There are some lyrics missing here after the last chorus. They are: "And what do I get
Do I get revenge
While you let all out
Without any doubt How this will end

Sometimes it goes Sometimes we come To learn by mistake That the love you once made Can't be undone

Oh But three days in Rome I laid my heart out I laid my soul down alone I'll always remember Three days in Rome"

I think this song is about a woman (possibly Ms. Crow) scorned by a writer she had a three day one-night-stand with--obviously in Rome. It's a tad self explanatory. Anyway, she thought they really had something and yet he wrote down their experiences and made what they shared seem cheap and lowly. "You carry a pen and a paper, and no time and no words you waste" implies that he has either done this before or that he had it all planned out. "And I didn't know, By giving my hand, That I would be written down, sliced around, Passed down, Among strangers hands" hints more at the lowness of his writing and how the experience was written down, cut in the publishing process, and passed around for the general public to read. There are some lyrics missing here after the last chorus. They are: "And what do I get Do I get revenge While you let all out Without any doubt How this will end Sometimes it goes Sometimes we come To learn by mistake That the love you once made Can't be undone Oh But three days in Rome I laid my heart out I laid my soul down alone I'll always remember Three days in Rome"

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