Dire Straits - "Romeo and Juliet" lyrics

   

     

      A love-struck Romeo sings the streets a serenade

      Laying everybody low with a love song that he made

      Finds a streetlight steps out of the shade

      Says something like you and me babe how about it?


       Juliet says hey it's Romeo you nearly gave me a heart attack

      He's underneath the window she's singing hey la my boyfriend's back

      You shouldn't come around here singing up at people like that

      Anyway what you gonna do about it?


       Juliet the dice was loaded from the start

      And I bet that you exploded into my heart

      And I forget I forget the movie song

      When you gonna realize it was just that the time was wrong — Juliet?


       Come up on different streets they both were streets of shame

      Both dirty both mean yes and the dream was just the same

      And I dreamed your dream for you and now your dream is real

      How can you look at me as if I was just another one of your deals?


       When you can fall for chains of silver

      You can fall for chains of gold

      You can fall for pretty strangers and the promises they hold

      You promised me everything you promised me thick and thin yeah

      Now you just say oh Romeo yeah you know I used to have a scene with him

 

      Juliet when we made love you used to cry

      You said I love you like the stars above I'll love you till I die

      There's a place for us you know the movie song

      When you gonna realize it was just that the time was wrong — Juliet?


       I can't do the talk so like the talk on the TV

      And I can't do a love song like the way it's meant to be

      I can't do everything but I'd do anything for you

      I can't do anything except be in love with you

 

      And all I do is miss you and the way we used to be

      All I do is keep the beat and bad company

      Now all I do is kiss you through the bars of a rhyme

      Juliet I'd do the stars with you any time

 

      Juliet when we made love you used to cry

      You said I love you like the stars above I'll love you till I die

      There's a place for us you know the movie song

      When you gonna realize it was just that the time was wrong — Juliet?

 

      A love-struck Romeo sings the streets a serenade

      Laying everybody low with a lovesong that he made

      Finds a convenient streetlight steps out of the shade

      Says something like "you and me babe how about it? . . . how ‘bout it?"