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Making "Archeology" of Dire Strait's Romeo and Juliet #2

Mark Knopfler - Romeo And Juliet
A Night In London (1996)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-G-GHTFoX4

minutes 3:30 - 3:33:

what goes through his mind? Is the nodding about a girl in his past (the one about whom he wrote the song) or just thinking of the years behind?

Making "Archeology" of Dire Strait's Romeo and Juliet lyrics... a personal approach

Romeo and Juliet

Dire Straits (chosen as the band's name because they were always broke; living in dire straits)

A lovestruck Romeo sings the streets a serenade
Laying everybody low with a love song that he made
Finds a street light, steps out of the shade
Says something like, "You and me babe, how about it?"
(This guy is in love with a girl and tries to reason with her)

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 back"
(the girl has a boyfriend hence the reference to the Angels song)
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?
(They're love is meant to be, but they were involved to soon - the present time of the song seems to feel like the right time for this Romeo)

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?
(they shared, in the past, a common dream wich the guy helped her to achieve. Now she doesn't even give a crap about him)

Well 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"
(The girl seems to be seduced by superficial gifts of gold and silver, falling for men with hallow promises. In the past, she promised him a solid relationship only to forget everything when she achieved the common dream they held.)

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, Juliet?

I can't do the talk like the 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 'cept 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 a rhyme
Julie, I'd do the stars with you, anytime

Ah 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, Juliet?

And a lovestruck Romeo he 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?"

Work in progress...