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Oh, the streets of Rome are filled with rubble. / Ancient footprints are everywhere.
You can almost think that you're seein' double, / On a cold, dark night on the Spanish Stairs.
Got to hurry on back to my hotel room, / Where I've got me a date with Botticelli's niece.
She promised that she'd be right there with me, / When I paint my masterpiece.
Oh, the hours I've spent inside the Colosseum, / Dodging lions and wastin' time.
Oh, those mighty kings of the jungle, I could hardly stand to see 'em, / Yes, it sure has been a long, hard climb.

Yes, the Spanish Steps are located in Rome . . . not in Spain. (Their name is derived from the Spanish embassy down the street.) Though they are usually referred to as the Spanish Steps, it is certainly not incorrect to call them the Spanish Stairs . . . especially when you need to complete a rhyme scheme.