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 gimme a heartattack He's underneath the window, she's singing: Hey ya, 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 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 streets were 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 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 talks, like they talk on the TV And I can't do a love song, like the way it's meant to me 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 bad company And all I do is kiss you through the bars of a rhyme Juliet, 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? And a lovestruck Romeo sings the streets a serenade Laying everybody low with a love song that he made Finds a convenient street light, steps out of the shade Says something like: You and me, babe, how about it? How about it?
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 gimme a heartattack He's underneath the window, she's singing: Hey ya, 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 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 streets were 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 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 talks, like they talk on the TV And I can't do a love song, like the way it's meant to me 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 bad company And all I do is kiss you through the bars of a rhyme Juliet, 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? And a lovestruck Romeo sings the streets a serenade Laying everybody low with a love song that he made Finds a convenient street light, steps out of the shade Says something like: You and me, babe, how about it? How about it?
“Romeo and Juliet” foi gravado em 1980 e aparece primeiro no álbum *Making Movies*, sendo depois incluído nos álbuns ao vivo *Alchemy* e *On the Night*.
A faixa foi lançada como single em 1981, mas não entrou na trilha sonora oficial do filme *Empire Records* de 1995, apesar de estar presente na própria obra.
A composição foi escrita por Mark Knopfler, que também toca o guitarrão resonador arpejado na abertura e canta a voz principal, mantendo a instrumentação simples nas estrofes e evoluindo para um arranjo de rock completo nos refrões.
A letra descreve uma conversa entre dois amantes e faz referência a *My Boyfriend’s Back* e “Somewhere” de *West Side Story*, mostrando a influência de outras histórias de amor juvenil além de Shakespeare.
A inspiração original veio do romance de Mark Knopfler com Holly Vincent, líder da banda Holly and the Italians, que influenciou a temática romântica e melancólica da canção.
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