[ti:Romeo Had Juliette] [ar:Lou Reed] [al:The Sire Years: The Solo Collection] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Romeo Had Juliette - Lou Reed (娄.里德) [00:20.79]Caught between the twisted stars [00:22.35]The plotted lines the faulty map [00:24.21]That brought Columbus to New York [00:27.85]Betwixt between the East and West [00:29.56]He calls on her wearing a leather vest [00:31.52]The earth squeals and shudders to a halt [00:35.14]A diamond crucifix in his ear [00:37.00]Is used to help ward off the fear [00:38.92]That he has left his soul in someone's rented car [00:42.72]Inside his pants he hides a mop [00:44.53]To clean the mess that he has dropped [00:46.16]Into the life of lithesome Juliette Bell [00:49.55]And Romeo wanted Juliette [00:53.18]And Juliette wanted Romeo [00:56.93]And Romeo wanted Juliette [01:00.49]And Juliette wanted Romeo [01:04.84]Romeo Rodriguez squares [01:06.35]His shoulders and curses Jesus [01:08.10]Runs a comb through his black pony-tail [01:12.01]He's thinking of his lonely room [01:13.52]The sink that by his bed gives off a stink [01:15.74]Then smells her perfume in his eyes [01:18.57]And her voice was like a bell [01:34.09]Outside the street were steaming the crack [01:35.93]Dealers were dreaming [01:37.18]Of an Uzi someone had just scored [01:41.41]I betcha I could hit that light [01:42.96]With my one good arm behind my back [01:44.95]Says little Joey Diaz [01:48.95]Brother give me another tote [01:50.49]Those downtown hoods are no damn good [01:52.43]Those Italians need a lesson to be taught [01:56.00]This cop who died in Harlem [01:57.90]You think they'd get the warning [01:58.92]I was dancing when his brains run out on the street [02:03.25]And Romeo had Juliette [02:06.96]And Juliette had her Romeo [02:10.56]And Romeo had Juliette [02:14.26]And Juliette had her Romeo [02:17.87]I'll take Manhattan in a garbage bag [02:19.67]With Latin written on it that says [02:21.34]It's hard to give a sh*t these days [02:25.14]Manhattan's sinking like a rock [02:26.93]Into the filthy Hudson what a shock [02:29.09]They wrote a book about it [02:30.28]They said it was like ancient Rome [02:33.12]The perfume burned his eyes [02:35.84]Holding tightly to her thighs [02:39.10]And something flickered for a minute [02:42.71]And then it vanished and was gone