Dire Straits - Romeo and Juliet (Lyrics)

Lyrics: "Romeo & Juliet" written and performed by the Dire Straits (1981). All Rights Reserved © Available in HD (720p)

Dire Straits - Romeo & Juliet
Dire Straits - Romeo & Juliet
Dire Straits - Romeo & Juliet

A lovestruck Romeo sings the streets a serenade
Laying everybody low with a lovesong that he made
Finds 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 gimme 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 were loaded from the start
And I bet and you exploded in my heart
And I forget I forget the movie song
When you gonna realise 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 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
And there's a place for us, you know the movie song
When you gonna realise it was just that the time was wrong Juliet?

I can't do the talk like they talk on 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
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, the bad company
And all I do is kiss you through the bars of Orion
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 and I'll love you till I die
There's a place for us you know the movie song
When you gonna realise it was just that the time was wrong Juliet?

A lovestruck Romeo sings the streets a serenade
Laying everybody low with a lovesong that he made
Finds a convenient streetlight steps out of the shade
Says something like you and me babe how about it?

You and me babe, how about it?

[InfinityParamount]

14 years since this video was posted -- and 44 years since this song was released. Long live Dire Straits!

[naomicunningham]

My husband sang this song to me years ago. Romeo and juliet that was us. I lost my husband to cancer April 2 2019. We met in 1976. I miss him more than my words could ever Express.

[PooDotStinkPants]

*One of the most beautiful songs ever written*

[nickhansford]

If you're listening to this at 1am in 2021 while having a drink, then your a legend

[aurorast]

"When you gonna realize it was just that the time was wrong" Who hasn't been there, felt that. My "time was wrong" guy is someone, nearly 40 years later, who I still carry in my heart. I hope that life gave him all that he deserved. If you are out there Romeo when I hear this song, I still think of you with a wistful smile on my face,

[akkamal]

"When you're gonna realize....it was just that the time was wrong" this gets me every single time

[lunajeanne]

My dad was young when this song came out, and he used to keep playing it in the car when I was a kid. I didn't knew English, so I had no clue about what it was saying, but I was always in awe about how incredibly intense and beautiful this song was.
Many years passed and yesterday I found it randomly. I can't properly express how happy I was to have found it, and now that I understand the lyrics I like it even more, which is pretty rare for me.

[lindsayalisonstevens]

This is one of my dad’s favourite songs. Now that he’s passed on, I finally see the beauty in these lyrics which he tried to show me all along 🥰💓

[ianmorton]

The greatest love song ever recorded.. Pure genius.

[skimmer]

Tonight I sit here, listening to this song, remembering 26 years ago when I fell in love at first sight. I am sitting here lucky. A grown son doing well and that same man I fell in love with at my side. The cancer may kill me, but tonight I have this!

[Anglo_Saxon]

God, when he sings"Juliet when we made love you used to cry.said I love you like the stars above, I'll love you till I die"gets me every time

[Thinklikemeornot]

Huh most underrated song ever. My god what a song mark wrote

[warbray]

"You and me babe, how about it?" This song line always brings a tear to my eye.

[leonardlloyd]

What a great song, music and lyrics, reminds me of my two lost loves, a high school sweetheart of 8 years and a wife of 24.

[jennahanley]

This song means so much to me, not only was it on the cassette tape my Dad played constantly when we were driving around the country in his truck, it also was the song my fiancee and I danced to on my birthday, the year he passed away. Its also an amazing song without any other reason than just that it is!

[jamesbuckley]

"The dice was loaded from the start, and I bet..." Such a good line.

[bdf]

When these lyrics hit you personally you’ll never be the same

[carolinemillington]

hauntingly beautiful. We have all been

[SlapPa]

Yes indeed...
This song hits a spot in the heart...
Timing is everything and yet, and yet, sometimes it just doesn't hit the mark.
A beautiful song at any time of day or time...
When the true feelings exist, they exist forever.

[stealthsuit]

I love reading comments.
People from all over the world appreciating what makes them feel good. Commonality. What's right is right and will always be right.