One of my favorite pieces of music. An exquisite and moving song about a love gone awry due to bad timing. Beautiful melody, lyrics, and music capped by Mark Knopfler's mumbled croaking voice which suits the song. Bracketed by a perfect piano intro and Knopfler's sparse but evocative endpiece, finger-picked on his steel guitar.
This 2006 live performance is far superior to the studio version recorded in 1981. The video says it is Mark Knopfler and Emmylou Harris but that is incorrect. It is from a tour the two of them did together, but only Knopfler appears on this.
You and me, babe, how about it?
A lovestruck Romeo sang 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 gave me a heart attack"He's underneath the window, she's singing, "Hey, la, my boyfriend's backYou shouldn't come around here singing up at people like thatAnyway, what you 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?"Come up on different streets, they both were streets of shameBoth dirty, both mean, yes, and the dream was just the sameAnd I dreamed your dream for you and 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 silver you 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 'til I die'There's a place for us, you 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 it's 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, the bad companyAll I do is kiss you through the bars of a rhymeJulie, I'd do the stars with you any time"Juliet, when we made love you used to cryYou 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 songWhen you gonna realize it was just that the time was wrong, Juliet?"And a lovestruck Romeo, he sang the streets a serenadeLaying everybody low with a love song that he madeFind a convenient streetlight, steps out of the shadeHe says something like, "You and me, babe, how about it?""You and me, babe, how about it?"
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