We were both young when I first saw you.
0 f$ n0 j3 N. f0 XI close my eyes and the flashback starts:
/ T, A1 }: }8 m h, QI'm standing there / Q: d5 l" x$ I+ m
On a balcony in summer air.
3 n# r' k* G1 I/ k; YSee the lights, see the party, the ball gowns,
% V% q& ~( D7 l( h9 n) M5 a. y/ gI see you make your way through the crowd $ o5 s' N0 q: Q1 J
And say hello.
3 a0 V& ]% W7 m: \! LLittle did I know:
$ e3 j% H2 g" [That you were Romeo, you were throwing pebbles
/ F/ r+ m" F- b6 L8 ~! x+ wAnd my daddy said: "Stay away from Juliet."
5 O* t8 M& w- h3 UAnd I was crying on a staircase , K5 G: Q2 t) [) T
Begging you: "Please don´t go."
4 t) [! p, p+ A; P6 J v1 p3 NAnd I said: L `, b( _$ d& P
"Romeo, take me somewhere we can be alone.
1 k, l# T) A. m- o2 NI'll be waiting, all there's left to do is run. ; v0 ]' i" i+ R( y3 h
You'll be the prince and I'll be the princess,
) }, a7 ?* m' `% @5 A6 U7 MIt's a love story,
7 e! N9 E) P* v! V6 R& JBaby, just say yes."6 |0 g5 K% p! U1 H6 I, Y! I
So I sneak out to the garden to see you.
( F5 h) \/ X. I# z$ ]We keep quiet cause we're dead if they knew, $ x( t3 Q9 A8 K" p
So close your eyes, 9 g" H o9 m0 g9 `( t& p+ Y
Escape this town for a little while.; b) _1 U8 _( Z
Cause you were Romeo, I was a scarlet letter, ! h* L7 D4 k8 Y
And my daddy said: "Stay away from Juliet." 6 @( k R, V9 R
But you were everything to me, # E" a# i" _1 D+ Z8 k& S1 Y+ r
I was begging you: "Please don't go." : U$ q9 H5 T% ] j* j
And I said: 2 j ?2 I ~9 X4 |( _
"Romeo, take me somewhere we can be alone. ~: n0 N6 r, U. t, a4 B
I'll be waiting, all there's left to do is run. / _) ]+ D6 U/ w( t( ]
You'll be the prince and I'll be the princess, 6 z, g- v7 |. Q% Z
It's a love story, 8 T( Y4 L8 w/ H" c
Baby, just say yes.
' j# V( n$ c R/ T, fRomeo, save me, 8 G) O2 F+ |3 |" G
They try to tell me how to feel. * Q9 \3 `. s6 o; T% p9 _! e4 ^
This love is difficult, but it's real.
- S- n9 A. B: B! ^7 p) JDon't be afraid, we'll make it out of this mess.
5 B! R" I" W8 K) g [& ?It's a love story
$ ^. B/ Q) }* g2 O- T, b; QBaby, just say yes."
" s' o5 m: y( _. bOh oh oh...4 }* ^; w. x4 m& m; {0 p: h; x
I got tired of waiting,
5 R' @1 ` A$ `7 fWondering if you were ever comin' around. 0 L B2 m# C5 w, a1 j; ~! O3 [
My faith in you was fading ; X N6 k! R/ Q0 s# N- j
When I met you on the outskirts of town.
8 C4 ], e! |( B5 @( i, p$ w4 R0 z% j+ RAnd I said:
8 D( a4 P, m+ p7 f+ X( ?/ w6 I"Romeo, save me,
0 `8 b( {$ e: K6 D, f! e4 GI've been feeling so alone.
( z' P3 M1 X6 J. k A$ _* R8 XI keep waiting for you, but you never come. * w$ Z& l, k# E& c4 k# N
Is this in my head?
. |% A! A+ ~1 XI don't know what to think." " z, q& ]4 s- j- E0 D! H
He knelt to the ground and pulled out a ring - F9 r+ |3 ]" p1 \
And said:
p/ x! @1 z/ \# V7 R"Marry me, Juliet, you'll never have to be alone.
6 M8 p% y z6 W! [! E+ v& i7 OI love you and that's all I really know. 9 m/ u" J2 l" [! P3 n
I talked to your dad, " G- l9 E; O# A! J+ r
Go pick out a white dress.
5 s) ^& ]9 M+ | G5 g' YIt's a love story,
$ b4 O+ f: _3 g" n, |' zBaby, just say yes."
; G; C5 ?. M. eOh oh oh... ' O7 Z+ U2 V+ m
Oh oh oh....7 h+ O% y: U6 ~# v8 i5 j, Y
'Cause we were both young when I first saw you. |