Lyric discussion by ajweberman 

Cover art for When I Paint My Masterpiece lyrics by Bob Dylan & the Rolling Thunder Revue

It's about the 30th Birthday Party. “Oh, the streets of Rome are filled with rubble” Al has everyone in New York City focused on my garbage and he brought the rabble to my home for a demonstration against me “Ancient” “ancient footprints” archeological artifacts taken from my garbage “are everywhere” are on everyone’s mind thanks to Al. For me this sounds more like “A. J.’s footprints are everywhere” when Dylan sings it but it really doesn’t matter “You can almost think that you’re seein’ double” you can almost think that there are two of this dude, that’s how much trouble this guy has been causing me “On a cold, dark night on the Spanish Stairs” if you are Bob Dylan the heroin-addict dying to get high but are having a hard time of it due to A. J. Weberman.