To Die For Love

The story of Romeo and Juliet
played out time and again
rewritten each time
but the end is always the same.
This is the story of one such love
of star crossed lovers.

Janie met Billy at the winter ball.
she saw him staring
from across the room.
She walked over to him
and nearly knocked the poor boy out
when she asked come on Billy wanna dance?
and so the daughter of the sheriff
and the leader of the local gang began
their dance. Two young kids with sparks in their eyes
running toward the flames of love.

One year later
the marriage was planned
and Billy had changed
he left the gang
to be with the
love of his life.
his hot shot cousin
Timmy who Billy left
to lead the gang was
planning something big.

A week before the wedding
Janie was told that
her dad and his officers
and Timmy and the rest of
Billy's old gang
were in a stand off after
Timmy robbed the bank.
She told Billy and they ran down
the road to try to stop disaster.

Timmy and the sheriff
stared down their barrels
into each other's eye's.
Tension stretched
across the street.
Each side was
twenty strong and
on a hair trigger.

Billy was first to come
running and screaming
from behind the wall
followed soon by Janie.

Startled TImmy pulled
the trigger and all Hell
broke loose.

When the smoke cleared
and the sound died away
angels began to cry for
in the middle of the street
a weeping Billy still held onto
Janies lifeless hand.

Billy looked up
and saw his cousin
still holding the weapon
that killed his love.
Timmy's hands fell
limp as Billy took the gun.

Our Romeo went to his Juliet
and grasped her hand one last time.
He put the gun to his head no one
had the heart to take it from him.
Billy said I can't live without you
so here I come my love
then he pulled the trigger.

A week later in the chruch
the bells rang for to lovers
who gave their lives
for each other other.