Romeo & Juliet (Dire Straits, 1980)
a lovestruck rome sings the streets a serenade
laying everybody low with a lovesong that he made
finds a streetlight, steps out of the shade
sings something like you and me babe, how about it?

juliet says, hey, it's romeo, you nearly gimme 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 and you exploded in my heart
and i forget i forget the movie song
when you gonna realise 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 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
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 till i die
there's a place for us, you know the movie song
when you gonna realise it was just that the time was wrong, juliet,

i can't do the talk 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'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 the bad company
and 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 abouve, i'll love you till i die
there's a place for us, you know the movie song
when you gonna realise it was just that the time was wrong, juliet?

and a lovestruck rome sings the streets a serenade
laying everybode low with a lovesong that he made
finds a convenient streetlight steps out of the shade
says somethint like you and me babe how about it?

[dedicated to R.V.]

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