Romeo And Juliet lyrics

Song information

Artist: Dire Straits
Album: Sultans Of Swing

Lyrics

Narrator:
A love-struck romeo sings the streets a serenade
Laying everybody low with a love song that he made
Finds a convenient 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?"

Romeo:
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 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, 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 any time!

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?

Narrator:
A lovestruck romeo sings the streets a 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?"

Romeo:
"You and me babe, how about it?"