Billy Joel
Vienna lyrics
- Language
- English
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1977
- Genre
- Ballad
- Length
- 4:00
Slow down, you crazy child
You're so ambitious for a juvenile
But then, if you're so smart
Tell me, why are you still so afraid? Mm
Where's the fire? What's the hurry about?
You better cool it off before you burn it out
You got so much to do and only so many hours in a day, hey
But 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 halfway through, ooh
When will you realize Vienna waits for you?
Slow down, you're doing fine
You can't be everything you wanna 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, ooh
When will you realize Vienna waits for you?
Slow down, you crazy child
And take the phone off the hook and disappear for a while
It's alright, you can afford to lose a day or two, ooh
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 halfway through, ooh
Why don't you realize Vienna waits for you?
When will you realize Vienna waits for you?
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Key vocabulary
- crazy
- very unusualA2
- you're
- you are
- ambitious
- wanting to succeedB2
- juvenile
- young; not adultC1
- hurry
- go quicklyB1
- burn
- become hot and damagedA2
- when
- at what timeB1
- truth
- real factB1
- told
- said information
- gonna
- going to
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About this song
Billy Joel is an American pop singer-songwriter. He is known for piano-driven, theatrical hits that mix reflective songwriting with rock and nostalgia, and for classics like “Piano Man,” “It’s Still Rock and Roll to Me,” and “Scenes from an Italian Restaurant.”