Romeo and Juliet, by Mark Knopfler
(Covered by Amy Ray of the Indigo Girls;
This is as close as I can get to a transcription of
the song as Amy performs it on RITES OF PASSAGE.
There's a lot of repitition, mumbling, squeezing
words in under her breath, etc..  Those details
aren't really critical, but, I wanted them there
anyway.)


A lovestruck Romeo
Sings the streets a seranade
He's laying everybody low
He's got a love song that he made

He finds a convenient streetlight and he
Steps out of the shade and he says something like
"You and me, babe.  How about it?"

Juliet says, "Hey, it's Romeo!
He nearly gave me a heart attack, yeah well
He's underneath my window," now she's singing
"Hey la, my boyfriends back.

"You shouldn't come around here,
Singing up to people like that.
Oh, anyway, whatcha' gonna do about it?"

"Juliet, the dice were loaded from the start
And I bet and you exploded into my heart
And I forget, I forget, the movie song
When you gonna realize, 's just that the time was wrong
Julie

We both come up on different streets
There were both the streets of shame, you know they're
Both dirty, both mean
Yes and even the dreams were the same

I dreamed your dream for you and
and now your dream is real, so tell me honey
Now how can you look at me as if I was just another one of your deals?

Now you can fall for chains of silver
And you can fall for chains of gold
You know ya, ya fall for pretty strangers
And the promises they hold
Well you promised me everything and then ya
And then ya promised me thick and thin
And now you just turn away and say, 'Romeo?
I think I used to have a scene with him...'

Oh Juliet, when we made love you used to cry
You said 'I love you like the stars above, gonna love ya till I die,'
There's a place for us, huh, I know you know this song
Now when you gonna realize, it was just that the time was wrong
Julie, I'm so in love
So in love, yeah

Well I can't do the talk,
Like they talk on my tv screen
Can't do a love song,
Not the way you sung'em to me

Can't do anything,
But I would do anything for you
Oh no, I can't do anything except be in love with you yeah now

All I do is miss you
And the way it used to be you know
And all I do is keep the beat
I keep bad bad company
And all I do is kiss you
Through the bars of this rhyme
When Julie, I'd do the stars with you
Anytime!

Oh Juliet, when we made love you used to cry
You said 'I love you like the stars above, I'm gonna love ya till I die!'
There's a place for us, I know, you know the movie song
One day, we're gonna realize it was just that the time was wrong
Julie, Julie, Julie..."

Well this lovestruck Romeo,
Sings the strets a serande, he's
Laying everybody low
He's got a love song that he made

He finds a convneient streetlight, and he'll
He'll step out of the shade and he'll say something like
"You and me babe, how about it?"