Romeo and Juliet

A lovestruck Romeo sings the streets of serenade,
Laying everybody low with a love song that he made.
Find a 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?”

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 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 dream 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,
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 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'd do anything for you,
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, 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 above, I 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?

A lovestruck Romeo sings the streets of serenade,
Laying everybody low with a love song that he made.
Find a streetlight, steps out of the shade,
Says something like, “You and me, babe, how about it?”


* – Кавер-версия  одноимённой композиции группы Dire Straits.