"Romeo Had Juliette"


	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 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 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 run 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 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



intro	{A}{E}{D}{D}
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	{A}{E}{D}{D}		(Caught between the twisted stars ...)
	{A}{E}{D}{D}		(Betwixt between the East and West ...)
	{A}{E}{D}{D}		(A diamond crucifix in his ear is ...)
	{A}{E}{D}{D}		(Inside his pants he hides a mop to ...)

	{A}{E}{D}{D}		(- Romeo wanted Juliette and Juliette ...)
	{A}{E}{D}{D}		(- Romeo wanted Juliette and Juliette ...)

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///// transcribed by Shirou Kouchi (wildside@mtci.or.jp) ////////////////////////////
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