Verse I:
A lovestruck Romeo sings the streets a serenade
FA DO REm DO SIbLaying everybody low with a love song that he made
DO SIb DO FAFinds a street light steps out into the shade
Says something like you and me babe, how about it?
FA DO REm DO FAJuliet says hey it's Romeo, you nearly gave me a heart attack
FA DO REm DO SIbHe's underneath the window, she's singing hey la my boyfriends back
you shouldn't come around here singing up to people like that
SIb DOAnyway, what you gonna do about it?
Chorus I:
FA DO REm DO SIbJuliet the dice was loaded from the start
FA DO REm DO SIbAnd I bet, and you exploded in my heart.
And I forget, I forget, the movie song
SOLm FA SIb DO REm DO FAWhen you gonna realize it was just that the time was wrong Juliet?
Verse II:
Come up on different streets, they both the streets of shame
FA DO REm DO SIbBoth dirty both mean, yes and even and dream was just the same
DO SIb DO FAAnd I dreamed your dream for you and now your dream is real.
How can you look at me as if I was just another part of your deal
FA DO REm DO FAWell you can fall for chains of silver, you can fall for chains of gold.
FA DO REm DO SIbyou can fall for pretty strangers and the promises they hold
You promised me everything, you promised me thick and thin yeah
SIb DONow you just say oh Romeo yeah, I used to have a scene with him.
Chorus II:
Juliet when we made love you used to cry
FA DO REm DO SIbyou said I love you like the stars above I'll love you till I die
FA DO REm DO SIbThere's a place for us, you know the movie song
When you gonna realize it was just that the time was wrong Juliet?
Verse III:
FA DO REm DO FAI can't do the talk, like they talk on the tv
I can't do a love song, like the way it's meant to be.
DO SIb DO FAI can't do anything, but I'd do anything for you.
SIb DOI cant't do anything but be in love with you.
And all I do is miss you and the way we used to be
FA DO REm DO SIbAll I do is keep the beat and bad company.
DO SIb DO FAAll I do is kiss you through the bars of a rhyme
Juliet I'd do the stars with you anytime.
Chorus III:
FA DO REm DO SIbJuliet when we made love you used to cry
you said I love you like the stars above I'll love you till I die
FA DO REm DO SIbThere's a place for us, you know the movie song
SOLm FA SIb DO REm DO FAWhen you gonna realize it was just that the time was wrong Juliet?
Verse IV:
FA DO REm DO FAA lovestruck Romeo sings the streets a serenade
Now he's laying everymody low, with a love song that he made.
DO SIb DO FAFinds a convenient street light, steps out of the shade
SIb DOSays something like you and me babe how about it
'Romeo and Juliet' by Dire Straits is a song composed by rock musician Mark Knopfler from the album released in 1980 'Making Movies'.