Dire Straits - Romeo And Juliet Lyrics

Dire Straits - Romeo And Juliet Video

Narrator:

A lovestruck Romeo sings the streets a serenade

Laying everybody low with a love song that he made

Finds a street light, 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?

 

Romeo:

Juliet, the dice was loaded from the start,

And I bet, then you exploded in 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?

 

Well 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 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'll do anything for you

I can't do anything 'cept 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, the bad company

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

Julie, I'd do the stars with you, anytime

 

Ah 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?

 

Narrator:

And a lovestruck Romeo he sings the streets a serenade

Laying everybody low, with a love song that he made

Find a convenient streetlight, steps out of the shade

And says something like, You and me babe, how 'bout it?

 

Romeo:

You and me babe, how about it?