I went searching for the truth But in my innocence I found All the con men and their acrobats Who stomped me in the ground If I count up their percentages I know It's time for me to be on my way I know I've got business to conduct And I've got places to go But I can't help looking at her sleeping instead Another Uh, ooh, uh, ah You don't have to talk all night I'm a man who can't say no You don't have to twist my arm Just point me where you wanna go Take Why can't I lay low? Why can't I say what I mean? Why don't I stay home And get myself into some boring routine? Why can't I calm down? Why is it always Anthony works in the grocery store Savin' his pennies for someday Mama Leone left a note on the door She said "Sonny, move out to the country" You've got diamonds and I've got spades You've got pills And I've got razor blades You've got yoga honey I've got beer You got overpriced And I Why don't you realize, Vienna waits for you? It's all right, you can afford to lose a day or two, ooh You've got your passion, you've got your prideīut don't you know that only fools are satisfied?ĭream on, but don't imagine they'll all come true, oohĪnd take the phone off the hook and disappear for awhile You know you can't always see when you're right You're so ahead of yourself that you forgot what you need You can't be everything you want to be before your timeĪlthough it's so romantic on the borderline tonight When will you realize, Vienna waits for you? You're gonna kick off before you even get halfway through, ooh That you can get what you want or you could just get old You've got so much to do and only so many hours in a day-ay You'd better cool it off before you burn it out The overall message reminds me of John Lennon's "Instant Karma" - "we all shine on/like the moon and the stars and the sun." Basically, everything is going to be alright.Where's the fire, what's the hurry about? It isn't going to pass him by because "Vienna waits for you". Vienna symbolizes some kind of future happiness. He's encouraging him to keep looking forward to the future ("dream on/But don't imagine they'll all come true") without committing himself to it yet ("you can't be everything you want to be before your time"). He's telling the kid to calm down because there is plenty of time to get life in order.
Maybe he's a college student who is freaking out about having to go into the real world soon ("if you're so smart tell me why are you still so afraid?"). The narrator is just telling this "crazy child" to enjoy life more. Anyway, to me, this song is pretty self-explanatory. I searched all over the Internet last year until I found it, and then I bought The Stranger album. I heard it for the first time on a rerun of Taxi when I was probably 10 years old.
I can't believe nobody has posted on this one yet. Why don't you realize Vienna waits for you? It's alright, you can afford to lose a day or two, ooh You know, you can't always see when you're right, you're right You can't be everything you wanna be before your timeĪlthough it's so romantic on the borderline When will you realize Vienna waits for you? That you can get what you want or you can just get old Where's the fire, what's the hurry about? But then if you're so smart, well, tell me
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