[Intro]
      

[Verse 1]

We were both y

oung when I fi

rst saw you
  
I close my eye

s and the flas

hback starts
             
I'm standing t

             
here on a balc

       
ony in summer 

air

See the lights

, see the part

y, the ball go

wns

See you make y

our way throug

h the crowd
            
And say, "Hell

o"
           
Little did I k

now

[Pre-Chorus]
             
That you were 

              
Romeo, you wer

  
e throwing peb

bles
            
And my daddy s

              
aid, "Stay awa

       
y from Juliet"
          
And I was cryi

ng on the stai

rcase
             
Begging you pl

            
ease don't go,

    
 and I said

[Chorus]

Romeo take me 

somewhere we c

an be alone

I'll be waitin

g all there's 

left to do is 

run

You'll be the 

prince and I'l

l be the princ

ess
             
It's a love st

             
ory baby just 

          
say "yes"

[Verse 2]
   
So I sneak out

 to the garden

 to see you

We keep quiet 

'cause we're d

ead if they kn

ew
              
So close your 


eyes
              
Escape this to

         
wn for a littl

e while

[Pre-Chorus]
             
'Cause you wer

              
e Romeo, I was

   
 a scarlet let

ter
            
And my daddy s

              
aid stay away 

     
from Juliet
             
But you were e

verything to m

e I was
             
Begging you pl

            
ease don't go,

    
 and I said

[Chorus]

Romeo take me 

somewhere we c

an be alone

I'll be waitin

g all there's 

left to do is 

run

You'll be the 

prince and I'l

l be the princ

ess
             
It's a love st

    
ory baby just 

say yes

Romeo, save me

, they try to 

tell me how to

 feel

This love is d

ifficult, but 

it's real,

Don't be afrai

d, we'll make 

it out of this

 mess
             
It's a love st

    
ory baby just 

say yes, oh

[Solo] 
       

[Bridge]
              
I got tired of

           
 waiting,   wo

             
ndering if you

              
 were ever com

          
ing around
              
My faith in yo

          
u was fading
             
When I met you

              
 on the outski

       
rts of town an

d I said

[Chorus]

Romeo save me 

I've been feel

ing so alone

I keep waiting

 for you but y

ou never come
   
Is this in my 

head, I don't 

know what to t

hink
             
He knelt to th

             
e ground and p

ulled out a ri

ng and said

Marry me, Juli

et you'll neve

r have to be a

lone

I love you, an

d that's all I

 really know
  
I talked to yo

ur dad, go pic

k out a white 

dress
             
It's a love st

             
ory baby just 

   
say yes

[Outro]
         
Uh oh, uh oh 
             
Cause we were 

              
both young whe

              
n I first saw 

 
you