Romeo And Juliet
Matt Nathanson Lyrics

A lovestruck Romeo sings a streetsus serenade
A passionately in love Romeo sings a song in the streets to show his affection.

Layin' everybody low
His song is so good that everyone cannot resist it.

With a love song that he made
The song he's singing is self-composed and is all about his love for Juliet.

Finds a street light
He stops under a streetlight while singing his love song.

Steps out of the shade
He moves away from the shadow to be visible to everyone.

And says something like You and me babe, how about it?
After singing, Romeo asks Juliet if she will be his partner.

Juliet says hey it's Romeo You nearly gave me a heart attack
When Juliet realizes it's Romeo singing, she is surprised and exclaims that he almost gave her a heart attack.

He's underneath my window She's singing, hey la my boyfriend's back Shouldn't come around here, singing up to people like that Anyway, what you gonna do about it?
Juliet is warning Romeo that her boyfriend could return at any moment, and she asks him what he will do if that happens.

The dice were loaded from the start And I bet and you exploded into my heart And I forget, I forget The movie song When you gonna realize It was just that the time was wrong Juliet
Juliet reflects that they were destined to fall in love, and the mistakes they made were simply because of bad timing.

Come up on different streets But they're both the streets of shame Both dirty, both mean Yeah even the dream was just the same And I dreamed your dream for you And now your dream is real So how can you look at me as if I was just another one of your deals?
Romeo and Juliet have different pasts, but their lives have been similar, and they both have experienced hardships. The love that Romeo has dreamt about has now come true, and Juliet is questioning whether Romeo takes their relationship seriously or as “just another deal.”

And you can fall for chains of silver And you can fall for chains of gold You can fall for pretty strangers And the promises they hold And you promised me everything Yeah you promised me thick and thin Now you just turn away and say Romeo, yeah you know I used to have a scene with him
Juliet is saying that Romeo promised her the world, but now he is turning away and saying that she has been with his friend. Juliet is questioning Romeo's true intentions and whether he really loved her or just used her.

And 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 All I can do is kiss you Through the bars of Orion Juliet, I'd do the stars with you anytime
Romeo admits he's not good at the grand gestures like he's seen on TV, or serenading her with a love song. Instead, he will just kiss her through the bars of Orion and be willing to share everything with her.

When we made love you used to cry You said I'll love you like the stars above I'll love you til I die You said there's a place for us You know the movie song When you gonna realize, it was just that the timing was wrong Juliet
Juliet remembers how Romeo could make her cry in bed, and she reminisces the time when they spent together. She asks Romeo when he will realize that their love could not work out because they were not meant to be together.