Romeo Had Juliette (Live)

Romeo Had Juliette (Live) - Lou Reed (娄.里德)

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

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 d**n 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

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 s**t 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

Something flickered for a minute

And then it vanished and was gone