Romeo Had Juliette Lyrics - Reed Lou

Caught between the twisted stars the plotted lines the faulty map 

that brought Columbus to New York 

Betwixt between the East and west he calls on her wearing a leather vest 

the earth squeals and shudders to a halt 

A diamond crucifix in his ear is used to help ward off the Fear 

that he has left his soul in someone's rented car 

Inside his pants he hides a mop to clean the mess that he has dropped 

into the life of lithesome Juliette Bell 

And Romeo wanted Juliette 

And Juliette wanted Romeo 

Romeo Rodriguez squares his shoulders and curses Jesus 

runs a comb through his black pony-tail 

He's thinking of his lonely room 

the sink that by his bed gives off a stink 

Then smells her perfume in his eyes 

and her voice was like a bell 

Outside the streets were steaming the crack dealers were dreaming 

of an Uzi someone had just scored 

I betcha I could hit that light with my one good arm behind my back 

says little Joey Diaz 

Brother give me another tote those downtown hoods are no damn good 

those Italians need a lesson to be taught 

This cop who died in Harlem you think they'd get the warnin' 

I was dancing when his brains ran out on the street 

And Romeo had Juliette 

And Juliette had her Romeo 

I'll take Manhattan in a garbage bag with Latin written on it that says 

"It's hard to give a shit these days" 

Manhattan's sinking like a rock, into the filthy Hudson what a shock 

they wrote a book about it, they said it was like ancient Rome 

The perfume burned his eyes holding tightly to her thighs 

and something flickered for a minute and then it vanished and was gone