Romeo and Juliet
--words and music by Mark Knopfler

A love struck Romeo
Sang the streets a seranade
Laying everybody low
With the love song that he made
Steps into the streetlight
Steps out of the shade says something like
You and me babe how 'bout it

Juliet says Romeo you nearly gave me a heart attack
Singing underneath my window
Hey now my boyfriend's back
You shouldn't come around here singing up to people like that
Anyway what you gonna do about it

	Juliet the dice were loaded from the start
	And I bet
	And you exploded in my heart
	I forget, I forget
	Yeah the movie song
	But when you gonna realize 
	It was just that the time was wrong Juliet

We come up on different streets
Both were streets of shame
Both dirty both mean
But 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
Fall for pretty strangers
And the promises they hold
You promised me everything
You promised me thick and thin now
You say hey Romeo
Yeah I use to have a scene with him

	Juliet when we made love you use to cry
	You said I'll love you like the stars above
	I'll love you till I die
	There's a place for us
	You know the movie song
	But when you gonna realize 
	It was just that the time was wrong Juliet

I can't do the talk
Like they do on the TV
I can't sing a love song
The way it's suppose to be
I can't do anything but I'd 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 use to be
And all I do is keep the beat
And bad company
And all I do is kiss you
Through the bars of a rhyme
Juliet I'd do the stars with you any old time

	Juliet when we made love you use to cry
	You said I'll love you like the stars above
	I'll love you till I die
	There's a place for us
	You know the movie song
	But when you gonna realize 
	It was just that the time was wrong Juliet

	
	A love struck Romeo
	Sang the streets a seranade
	Laying everybody low
	With the love song that he made
	Steps into the streetlight
	Steps out of the shade says something like
	You and me babe how 'bout it
	You and me babe how 'bout it