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
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 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 take
 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
 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