Every day was like the first
when you were still around
fell in love, fell out again
Should've seen the state I was in
But then it could've been worse
Purple hearts to bitter pills
Everything changed the day you heard
Friday night to the Troubadour
You could see him out on the floor
Girls were number three or four
Then one night he saw you there
On my arm, he did not care
One minute you were standing there
And the next minute you'd gone
I just could not believe my eyes
He took you from me by surprise
I asked the car man where you were
He said, with Romeo on the road
Cryin', Romeo hit the road
Why did Romeo hit the road?
And all the films and all the books
Handsome men with drop -dead looks
Leave the girl so she can go back
To the fool who's waitin' there
That's not how the story ends,
with a girl back in my arms again
Hate to say it, but I'd even fret,
I've not seen her for years
So it's goodbye to all of that,
Across my nights don't run so bright
But that's the way that we get on
And what about he who let me down
Somewhere in the night a broken man
Crying Romeo hit the floor
Why did Romeo hit the road?