I can't listen to the lyrics without wanting to cry. Mark Knopfler expresses the sorrow and desperation that 'Romeo' is feeling for Juliet so well that I feel it within myself.

Mark Knopfler, a multiple Grammy Award winner as the lead singer/songwriter for Dire Straits, will perform at 7:30 p.m. April 28 in the University at Buffalo Center for the Arts on the UB North ...

Lead singer Mark Knopfler once said “bliss for me is where the Tyne meets the Mississippi delta” and Romeo and Juliet came someway to realising that.