We at Inside the Rock Era love songs like this one. To the masses, they are the undiscovered gems of the Rock Era. We feature them proudly in our category The Top Unknown/Underrated Songs of the Rock Era*, which you can find at any time by clicking on the Tab at the top of the web site.
We will add to this list at the rate of at least one per week. We don't just choose any song but rather try to select the "cream of the crop" of those songs that most people may not be familiar with. Besides high quality, the only criterion is that the song did not make the Top 10 in the United States. This song qualifies because although it was released as a single, it never even made the chart. Really unbelievable. The song was a Top 10 in both the U.K. and Ireland. It is one of the lead tracks from the 1980 Dire Straits album Making Movies.
"Romeo and Juliet"
by Dire Straits
Words and Music by Mark Knopfler
A lovestruck romeo sings a streetsuss 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?
Juliet says hey it's romeo you nearly gimme a heart attack
He's underneath the window she's singing hey la my boyfriend's back
You shoudn'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 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 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
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
There's a place for us you know the movie song
When you gonna realize it was just that the time was wrong?
I can't do the talk like they talking on the tv
And I can't do a love song like the way its 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 and bad company
All I do is kiss you through the bars of a rhyme
Julie 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 till 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?
A lovestruck romeo sings a streetsuss 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?
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