Romeo Had Juliet Lyrics - Velvet Underground

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 Juliet Bell 

And Romeo wanted Juliet 

And Juliet wanted Romeo 

And Romeo wanted Juliet 

And Juliet wanted Romeo 

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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 street 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 toke 

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 I saw his brains run out on the street 

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And Romeo had Juliet 

And Juliet had her Romeo 

And Romeo had Juliet 

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