Vienna

About Vienna

Vienna is a song from Billy Joel's 1977 album The Stranger, released as the B-side to his "Just the Way You Are" single. In a July 2008 New York Times article, Joel cited this as one of his two favorite songs, along with "Summer, Highland Falls". It was played in a 1981 episode of Taxi called "Vienna Waits". Marilu Henner's character Elaine Nardo refers to the song while on vacation in Europe with Alex Reiger, played by Judd Hirsch. Due to licensing restrictions, the song has been omitted from the episode on DVD, though is intact on the Hulu versions of the episode. "Vienna" can also be found on the soundtrack of 13 Going on 30. more »

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Slow down, you crazy child 
You're so ambitious for a juvenile 
But then if you're so smart, then tell me 
Why are you still so afraid? 

Where's the fire, what's the hurry about? 
You'd better cool it off before you burn it out 
You've got so much to do 
And only so many hours in a day 

But you know that when the truth is told
That you can get what you want or you get old 
You're gonna kick off before you even 
Get halfway through 
When will you realize, Vienna waits for you

Slow down, you're doing fine 
You can't be everything you want to be 
Before your time 
Although it's so romantic on the borderline tonight 
Tonight,
Too bad but it's the life you lead 
You're so ahead of yourself that you forgot what you need 
Though you can see when you're wrong, you know 
You can't always see when you're right. you're right 

You've got your passion, you've got your pride 
But don't you know that only fools are satisfied? 
Dream on, but don't imagine they'll all come true 
When will you realize, Vienna waits for you? 

Slow down, you crazy child 
And take the phone off the hook and disappear for awhile 
It's all right, you can afford to lose a day or two 
When will you realize, Vienna waits for you? 
And you know that when the truth is told 
That you can get what you want or you can just get old 
You're gonna kick off before you even get half through 
Why don't you realize, Vienna waits for you 
When will you realize, Vienna waits for you?

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Billy Joel

William Martin "Billy" Joel (born May 9, 1949) is an American pianist, singer-songwriter, and composer. Since releasing his first hit song, "Piano Man," in 1973, Joel has become the sixth best-selling recording artist and the third best-selling solo artist in the United States, according to the RIAA. He also has the third best-selling album in the United States with his Greatest Hits Vol. 1 & 2. more »

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