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