"Deux familles, égales en noblesse,
Dans la belle Vérone, où nous plaçons notre scène,
Sont entraînées par d'anciennes rancunes à des rixes nouvelles
Où le sang des citoyens souille les mains des citoyens.
Des entrailles prédestinées de ces deux ennemies
A pris naissance, sous des étoiles contraires, un couple d'amoureux
Dont la ruine néfaste et lamentable
Doit ensevelir dans leur tombe l'animosité de leurs parents.
Les terribles péripéties de leur fatal amour
Et les effets de la rage obstinée de ces familles,
Que peut seule apaiser la mort de leurs enfants,
Vont en deux heures être exposés sur notre scène.
Si vous daignez nous écouter patiemment,
Notre zèle s'efforcera de corriger notre insuffisance" (Roméo et Juliette, de William Shakespeare, l'intégralité du texte)
"A lovestruck romeo sings a streetsus serenade
Laying everybody low with me 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 shouldn'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 the movie song
When you wanna realise it was just that the time was wrong juliet ?
Come up on differents 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 your dream is real
How can you look at me as if I was just another one of your deals ?
Where 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 think and thin
Now you just says 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 realise it was just that the time was wrong juliet ?
I can't do the talk like they talk on tv
And I can't do a love song like the way it's 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 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 realise it was just that the time was wrong juliet ?
A lovestruck romeo sings a streetsus serenade
Laying everybody low with me a lovesong that he made
Finds a convenient streetlight steps out of the shade
Says something like you and me babe how about it ?" (source)
Dire Straits, Romeo & Juliet
