Indigo Girls - Romeo And Juliet Lyrics
Romeo and Juliet" was written by Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits, and appears on that band's 1980 album, "Making Movies." Amy Ray has performed it fairly regularly since at least 1987. It's always been one of my favorite DS songs, and I was pretty floored when I first heard Amy do it, so I once asked her about it. She claimed that she was inspired to cover it after she saw Dire Straits on their "Brothers in Arms" tour. She felt that the arrangement that they were using for the tour really lacked the edge of the "Making Movies" version, and she wanted to try to bring back that edge. Which she does, because her stripped-down version is PURE edge. (Personally, though, I LOVED the DS arrangement from the "Brothers in Arms" tour - I like it better than the original, in fact.) Anyway... Amy tends to improvise with this one a bit, so I just transcribed the lyrics off of "Making Movies." Romeo and Juliet.A lovestruck Romeo sings the streets a serenadeLaying everybody low with a love song that he madeFinds a streetlight, steps out of the shadeSays something like "You and me, babe, how about it?"Juliet says "Hey, it's Romeo! You nearly give 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, whatcha gonna do about it?"Juliet, the dice was loaded from the startAnd I bet and you exploded into my heartAnd I forget, I forget the movie songWhen you gonna realize it was just that the time was wrong, Juliet?We come up on different streetsThey both were streets of shameBoth dirty, both meanYes, and the dream was just the sameAnd I dreamed your dream for youAnd now your dream is realHow can you look at me as if I was just another one of your deals?When you can fall for chains of silverYou can fall for chains of goldYou can fall for pretty strangers and the promises they holdYou promised me everything - You promised me thick and thin, yeahNow you just say "Oh, Romeo, yeah,You know I used to have a scene with him."Juliet, when we made love you used to cryYou said "I love you like the stars above, I'll love you till I die"There's a place for usYou know the movie songWhen you gonna realize it was just that the time was wrong, Juliet?I can't do the talks like they talk on the TVAnd I can't do a love song like the way its meant to beI can't do everything but I'll do anything for youI can't do anything except be in love with youAnd all I do is miss you and the way we used to beAll I do is keep the beat to Bad CompanyAll I do is kiss you through the bars of a rhymeJulie, I'd do the stars with you, anytimeJuliet, when we made love you used to cryYou said "I love you like the stars above, I'll love you till I die"There's a place for usYou know the movie songWhen you gonna realize it was just that the time was wrong, Juliet?And a lovestruck Romeo, he sings the streets a serenadeLaying everybody low with a love song that he madeFinds a convenient streetlight, steps out of the shadeAnd says something like "You and me, babe, how 'bout it?You and me, babe, how 'bout it
