Dire Straits - Romeo And Juliet

 

 

 

 

A love-struck Romeo
Sings a street-side serenade
Laying everybody low
With a love song that he made
Finds a streetlight
Steps out of the shade
And 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 'til 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 talks
Like they 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'll 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 the bad company
Now all I do is kiss you
Through the bars of a rhyme
Juliet, I'd do the stars with you anytime!

Juliet, when we made love you used to cry
You said, "I love you like the stars above, I'll love you 'til 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?

And a love-struck Romeo
Sings the street-side serenade
Laying everybody low
With a lovesong that he made
Finds a convenient streetlight
Steps out of the shade
He says something like, "You and me babe, how about it?"

You and me babe, how about it?
How about it?