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?
Never knew that Dire Straits' Romeo & Juliet had ever been covered, least of all by this band. They did a great job with this song, thanks to Flowers' pun-intended killer vocals.
Why do people always wanna compare a cover with the original and decide wich one is better. the killers coverd this because they like the song. just stfu and enjoy both of the songs. ty
I had my first romantic relationship when I was fourteen, and during the same time we were reading Romero & Juliet in English class. So he and I would quote lines back and forth to one another to be cheesy and silly as we lay in the grass and just looked in each other's eyes :] I'm twenty-three years old now, he's happily married on the other side of the country. But this song makes me remember our young hearts, happy and in whatever love a fourteen-year-old can have.
"how can you look at me as if i was just another one of your deals......"
My very favorite Killers song...covered or not.
how can you not have tears in your eyes?
"I can't do anything except be in love with you......"
Note to self - DO NOT listen to this song whilst sat in a coffee shop! Tears flowing down my cheeks as I recall all my lost first love. How can a song be so emotionally charged?? Beautiful. Just....beautiful.
"Juliet, when we made love you used to cry
I 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 realize, it was just that the time was wrong, Juliet?"
Beautiful :-)
“You and me babe, how about it?” I did told him that. He was driving and couldn’t help myself and sang that part out loud. He laughed aloud and gave me smack. I’ve known him for 10 yrs. 7 yrs of friendship and we started dating 3 years ago. I might say we’re “together.” We aren’t officially together but he told me he wanna try.