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Vienna

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Vienna was released on September 29, 1977 by Columbia as a part of the album The Stranger

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OVERVIEW

LYRICS

Music Video

Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Billy Joel

Vocals

Steve Kahn

Guitar

Hiram Bullock

Electric Guitar

Liberty DeVitto

Liberty DeVitto

Drums

Richie Cannata

Organ

Dominic Cortese

Dominic Cortese

Accordion

Doug Stegmeyer

Bass

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Billy Joel

Composer

Patrick Williams

Patrick Williams

Orchestrator

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Phil Ramone

Producer

Jim Boyer

Engineer

Ted Jensen

Mastering Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

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? Mmm

[Verse 2]

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, hey

[Chorus]

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

[Verse 3]

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

[Verse 4]

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

[Chorus]

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

[Verse 5]

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

[Chorus]

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

Written by: William M. Joel

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