When in Rome

Though now and then your problems fall
Within the errant mate department
Forget the transatlantic call
Don't notify the State Department
For when on foreign shores I am
Very truly yours I am
But if inclined to play I am, dear heart
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 leap to a few

And baby, when in Rome, I do as the Romans do

If perchance I'm saying farewell to France
And romance drops in from the blue
Cher 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
Why think of me bitterly?
You know that I'm true

'Cept now and then in Rome, I get mellowed in Rome
And that's truly when in Rome, I do as the Romans do

If I write happily, best wishes from Napoli
Don't cable me snappily to tell me we're through

'Cause once again in Rome, in somebody's den in Rome
Well, pussycat, then in Rome, I do as the Romans

Disregard the signs and the omens
When in Rome, I do as the Romans do