When on foreign shores i am

Very truly yours i am

But if inclined to play i am

Sweetheart, that's the way i am....

When in spain for reasons i don't explain

I remain enjoying a brew

Don't deplore my fondness for fundador

You know how a fundador can lead to a few

And baby when in rome i do as the romans do

If per chance i'm saying farewell to france

And romance drops in from the blue

Cherchez l'amour i beg of you please endure

My taking a brief detour with somebody new

It's just that when in rome

I do as the romans do

And though from italy i lied to you prettily

Oh don't think of me bitterly

But know that i'm true

Except now and then in rome,

I get that old yearn in rome

And naturally when in rome

I do as the romans do

molto difficile resistere agli uomini di italia

Per esempio, per esempio i biondi,

I biondi di firenze, di venezia

E i bruni di palermo, di milano...

You know what i mean?

If i write happily

Best wishes from napoli

Don't cable me snappily

To tell me we're through

Cause i'm once again in rome

In somebody's den in rome

Well honey, but when in rome

I do as the romans do

So just disregard the signs and the omens

When in rome i do as the romans do...

Veni, vidi, vince!