Dire Straits - Romeo And Juliet Lyrics






A lovestruck Romeo sings the streets a serenade
Laying everybody low with a love song that he made
Finds a streetlight, steps out of the shade
Says something like "You and me babe: how 'bout 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 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 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 'til 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 be
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, the bad company
All I do is kiss you through the bars of a rhyme
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, I'll love you 'til 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
Find a convenient streetlight, steps out of the shade
And says something like "You and me babe: how 'bout it?"

"You and me babe: how about it?"





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  1. A.... A....

    The audio is definitely out of tune but it grew on me

  2. D.... D....

    Everbody making the song about them you are all pathetic ppl wah wah I broke up with my girlfriend wtf complete downers no wonder use got dumped the lot of use sound like a bunch of cry babies, great song the comments put me off a lot of freaks crying because someone didn't want to be with them well they obvs fell out of love with use and your tht selfish you would rather the person was with you and very unhappy as long as use are happy the world doesn't work like tht get over it

  3. p.... ....

    I love this song. I can't imagine why they would want to ruin it with this monstrosity on film. I would, seriously, give a week off the end of my life to have never watched this video.

  4. L.... 2....

    superbe musique

  5. J.... B....

    Found out Bruce Springsteen's Piano player did the piano part here. Mr Roy Bittan.

  6. P.... ....

    This video has to be peak 80s lol

  7. M.... D....

    Be nice if we could hear it.

  8. M.... S....

    great song, horrible video

  9. E.... R....

    Thought it was an original song from The Killers.

  10. M.... P....

    A b c of acoustic guitar and fingerpicking. Mark has pioneered a new way to play guitar.
    https://youtu.be/sytDlKqjzTg

  11. P.... V....

    This is my favourite song..nobody knows that maybe I’ll find my Romeo and maybe I’ll share it with him. Maybe he’ll appreciate it. Many wouldn’t. Only a special person deserves to know this..I know he’s on his way to me 😊😊

  12. M.... M....

    А че і кліп і музика мені подобається

  13. R.... L....

    Hey, they covered a song by The Killers!

  14. w.... ....

    Wonder what Bob Dylan made of this?

  15. M.... N....

    Nobody walks like that lmao 😂

  16. a.... f....

    A maze ing !!

  17. 0.... ....

    Great visual interpretation... I just love this song... and that gentle little riff.

  18. b.... ....

    Best song of lost love?
    Or this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BsaxKucapY
    I still miss my 'Juliet' ..

  19. E.... P....

    Its a classic, but the killers version is very good to

  20. E.... T....

    There’s a Romeo for every Juliet.. real xx

  21. J.... L....

    would love to hear Bob Dylan cover this...

  22. T.... B....

    Is this from a cassette?
    Sounds like you have the dobly b button on. Turn it off!

  23. B.... 1....

    People moaning about the video! I think it's perfect.

  24. C.... C....

    Brilliant song . Absolutely dreadful video .

  25. W.... 1....

    Reminds me of my big sister. She was always listening to this in her room. I'd walk in & ask her what that "funny burning smell" was. She'd say "It's insence, but don't tell dad"....a few years later, I realised that big sis had been smoking pot! 😁 Love my sister ❤

  26. M.... ....

    I like the way this song makes me feel 😊

  27. p.... ....

    Great song. Shit video.

  28. x.... x....

    2020 anyone?

  29. C.... ....

    My Juliet was a girl named Kirsten. Her leaving was one of the most painful things I've ever experienced, especially when, like in the song, she dismissed all the times she said she had loved me - and the time she said she wanted to get married - and relegated me to a "great friend". It still hurts, but I think of her every day and how things could have been different.


    "All I do is miss you, and the way we used to be."

  30. H.... U....

    Beautiful track and an even better VIDEO 🤯

  31. J.... R....

    kick in the keester
    williams maria easter
    jody borne pleaser

  32. K.... H....

    Great song, shite video

  33. N.... W....

    1 of my favorite songs of all time always lisen to it. They are forgotten😑😥☹

  34. A.... R....

    The song is great, but I laugh every time I see the guy walking in this video

  35. A.... R....

    love love love soung.... é muito amor .... sera que no Brasil alguem tambem ouve... !!

  36. E.... 8....

    I've heard Dire Straits since I was a child. Sixteen years later, I still love all the songs.

  37. J.... H....

    Mark Knopfler is absolutely brilliant

  38. M.... A....

    Meu Romeo 💌🇧🇷

  39. J.... R....

    laurie tries again
    doug michael were instant men
    an internet trend

  40. A.... S....

    Fantastic song, horrendous video.

  41. D.... S....

    Even though I never lived in 70s and 80s this song and Dire Straits brings nostalgia for the time I have never lived before,the world is so much diffrent now...

  42. F.... ....

    It's been exactly 39 years since this was released, Still one of the best songs ever!

    F.... ....

    39 years ago?? Gawd... that makes me feel old 😊 Still, I do love this song... both lyric and score.. they combine to make something so loaded with a sense of longing...

    F.... ....

    Exactly why I'm listening to it now.

    F.... ....

    one of the saddest, that's for sure

    F.... ....

    1st video I ever saw

    F.... ....

    @Russell Milam you really made me think with that comment about what my first music video was, and after a lot of thought I've decided it must've been the Monkees' 'Last Train To Clarksville' on 23rd June 1972, although I'm not sure that counts as a video. If not, it's probably 'Bohemian Rhapsody' on 13th November 1975 or thereabouts. But certainly this was quite early for me in terms of actually recognising it as a video as opposed to a "film", because the concept hadn't been named long by that point.

  43. C.... C....

    😁😍❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘

  44. C.... P....

    2020 anyone here with me y'all??
    ╰(*´︶`*)╯

  45. J.... M....

    Love the song, hate the video! In any case, I have always loved the music of Dire Straits.

  46. T.... ....

    Natalie Ann McGinnis...1977-78.....

  47. F.... A....

    2020 Still FreeKing Awwinspiring Awwsome

  48. A.... S....

    After filming this video the director shouted “your move Spielberg”

    A.... S....

    Aa-Ron S. LOL

  49. K.... B....

    This video is so surreal

  50. M.... ....

    2020 <3

  51. J.... H....

    2020 any body

  52. T.... J....

    "all I do is beat the meat, bad company"

    T.... J....

    it says "all i do is keep the beat, the bad company"

  53. L.... R....

    Love this song my dad used to play this perfect on his guitar God bless him

    L.... R....

    Wow, it isreally a lasting, very fine song, the guitar intro will forever run a shiver down my spine.... I'm listening to it with my head hang low, by a roaring radiator ( hmm). Just very ethereal, abit like 10cc I not I love. 😎X

  54. A.... C....

    one of the best concert ever Verona Italy 1992

  55. l.... ....

    That is so beautiful. Thank you

  56. S.... B....

    Julie stppard💋

  57. D.... F....

    music brilliant!!! video mediocre

  58. V.... M....

    Thee best love song ever made,in this eon.

  59. M.... M....

    Early 80s, beautiful years!! Simply life, happy life, beautiful music, beautiful movies, no smartphone and internet... TRUE EMOTIONS!!! TRUE LIFE!!! Regards from Italy

  60. i.... ....

    I bet Cher loves this.

  61. R.... L....

    This video has something wrong. It's like a turntable running too fast and the pitch is ridiculously high!

  62. z.... ....

    You can't really say that the chilly video _enhances_ the song in any way, and you are probably better off if you never watch it and just enjoy a masterful piece of songwriting. But if you DO watch the video, damn is it funny, and a great evocation of the early 80s. Our hero's giant glasses, for a start...

  63. P.... M....

    2point 4 wankers is all.....x

  64. S.... M....

    it’s so cool and tasty!! greetings from Russia!!

  65. K.... C....

    Wen u realise tht it was just tht the time was rong. Wen we made love you used to cry I sd I love you lke the stars above ile love till I die ❤

    K.... C....

    Kellz Collins walker

    Timeless🎸🎸

    K.... C....

    Kellz Collins walker

    Awesome

  66. T.... A....

    No one comments now days but hey I still love this song for parents mum is still alive father passed their love song xxx

    T.... A....

    Tracey Ansell

    Beautiful....perfect proper pop song🎸

  67. E.... C....

    2019
    Recife PE Brasil
    🇧🇷

  68. B.... ....

    I don't know why so many people are complaining about the video. The clip is extremely elaborated and stylish, especially for the early 80s. So show some respect.

    B.... ....

    It's a crude, crass and ugly accompaniment to a subtle, tender, evocative and highly romantic song. They seem to be making fun of the song's love story or lost love story and I don't know why they would want to do that. I get that it's supposed to be funny and that's, ironic, shocking? I don't know. For me it's just repulsive. The video paints this lovely song with a cynicism that is actually painful.

  69. �.... �....

    Unboxed

  70. h.... ....

    1:43 was that intentional?

  71. T.... T....

    Seriously and you know who this is for but move to Arizona. Find me. Wink wink.

  72. O.... ....

    I wish this video wasn't so damn quiet

  73. E.... K....

    Just goes to show that the 1980s weren't completely shit.

  74. J.... W....

    a song for the ages!

  75. D.... R....

    I might do 5 or 6 versions/renditions of this song which word would be better?

  76. W.... A....

    1:05
    ROMEO WITHOUT JULIET

  77. P.... G....

    What an absolutely dreadful video for a magnificent song

  78. a.... h....

    this video destroy the song

  79. D.... L....

    The first true 'love song'...

  80. A.... M....

    Please make el mejor de Guitarra
    Again!!

  81. T.... F....

    I Tonya brought me here, now I have a million and one more reasons why I love Dire Straights

  82. R.... H....

    Salaris a boss basmannnnn

  83. M.... F....

    Best song ever

  84. C.... ....

    'He's underneath the window shes saying hey warm my boyfriends back'

  85. r.... ....

    Just sitting and listening while I clean my rapier 9mm.

  86. d.... m....

    Bob Dylan on vocals?

  87. B.... S....

    Yep the dice was loaded from the start how did I not see that!

  88. E.... H....

    Nothing is warmer than the first heartbeat

  89. M.... B....

    mooie tekst

  90. F.... E....

    It feels like this song was one of my first memories, if that makes sense. I remember this just being stuck on a constant loop in my head as a kid and I still love it to this day. A masterpiece

    F.... E....

    I'd be honored if some Dire Straits fans would take a listen to my acoustic piano & vocal performance of ON EVERY STREET on my YT channel in tribute to the genius songwriting of Mark Knopfler. Live acoustic with no autotune or digital enhancements. Thanks and RESPECT to the legends.

  91. S.... H....

    Not to be crass but that "dice was loaded from the start" part at 1:05 can be made into a very lewd GIF. Tenor should get on it

  92. m.... h....

    Allmost 2020 and this is still so good, hey and hou and yeah and aye...

  93. E.... W....

    Your one at 2:52 has a FINE pair of pins on her.

  94. P.... M....

    ...a love-struck Romeo, sing the street a serenade...

  95. 1.... ....

    You and me babe...

  96. e.... v....

    every danm time that I listen this song I cry... it's simply perfect

  97. J.... L....

    Une chanson qui m'évoquent plein de souvenirs, difficile à écouter pour moi.