Slow down you crazy child
You're so ambitious for a juvenile
But then if you're so smart tell me why
You are still so afraid?
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
But you know that when the truth is told
That you can get what you want
Or you just 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
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
But you know you can't always see when you're right
You got your passion you got your pride
But don't you know 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
Take the phone off the hook
And disappear for a while
It's alright you can afford to lose a day or two
When will you realize...Vienna waits for you
But you know that when the truth is told
That you can get what you want
Or you an just get old
You're gonna kick off before you even get halfway through
Why don't you realize...Vienna waits for you
When will you realize...Vienna waits for you
特に間奏として流れる哀愁漂う3度のアコーディオン・ソロが涙ものです。
"When will you realize...Vienna waits for you"
ここで謎の言葉"ウィーン"が意味するところは何か。この曲がFMで流れていた頃は、てっきりピアノでクラシック音楽を志す者にとってのウィーン留学の勧め、少年よ大志を抱け的な曲とばかり思っていた。実際のところ現在のウィーン市観光局公式ページではウィーンの名を全世界に広めてくれたこの名文句をちゃっかり拝借している。意味は不明なものの、ともかくウィーンに行くことを暗に勧めているわけですから。これはビリーが若者に語る人生訓。『誰にでもそれぞれのウィ-ンがある、それを見つけろ』とみた。ウィ-ンという言葉は夢や理想、ゴージャズな状態の象徴として使われているんじゃないかなと。
I am just a poor boy though my story's seldom told
I have squandered my resistance
For a pocket full of mumbles, such are promises
All lies in jest, still a man hears what he wants to hear,
and disregards the rest hmm hmm hmmm
When I left my home and my family, was no more than a boy
In the company of strangers
in the quiet of the railway station running scared
Laying low seeking out the poorer quarters,
Where the ragged people go
Looking for the places only they would know
(*)
lie la lie, lie la la-lie lie la-lie, lie-la lie, lie la la-lie lie la lie la-la la lie lie.
Asking only workman's wages I come looking for a job, but I get no offers
Just a come on from the whores on seventh avenue
I do declare there were times when I was so lonesome
I took some comfort there
la la la ...
(Now the years are rolling by me, they are rockin' even me
I am older than I once was, and younger than I'll be, that's not unusual
No it isn't strange, after changes upon changes,
we are more or less the same
After changes we are more or less the same)
(repeat *)
And I am laying out my winter clothes and wishing I was gone,
Going home where the New York City winters aren't bleeding me,
Leading me to going home
In the clearing stands a boxer and a fighter by his trade
And he carries the reminders of every glove
that laid him down or cut him till he cried out
In his anger and shame, I am leaving, I am leaving,
But the fighter still remains hmm hmm hmm
(repeat *)
I have squandered my resistance = 押さえるのはあきらめた
mumble = ボソボソのつぶやき
poorer quarters = 貧民街
more or less the same = 似た者同士
whore = 70年代のニューヨークの街角では声をかけてくる娼婦は珍しくなかった
clearing = 空き地
Now if you feel that you can't go on (can't go on)
Because all of your hope is gone (all your hope is gone)
And your life is filled with much confusion (much confusion)
Until happiness is just an illusion (happiness is just an illusion)
And your world around is crumbling down, darlin
reach out come on girl reach on out for me
reach out reach out for me
I'll be there with a love that will shelter you
I'll be there with a love that will see you through
When you feel lost and about to give up (to give up)
Cause your life just ain't good enough (just ain't good enough)
And your feel the world has grown cold (has grown cold)
And your drifting out all on your own (drifting out on your own)
And you need a hand to hold, darlin
reach out come on girl reach out for me
reach out reach out for me
I'll be there to love and comfort you
And I'll be there to cherish and care for you
I'll be there to always see you through
I'll be there to love and comfort you
I can tell the way you hang your head (hang your head)
Your not in love now, now your afraid (you're afraid)
And through the tears you look around (look around)
But there's no piece of mind to be found (no piece of mind to be found)
I know what your thinking,
You're alone now, no love of your own, but darling
reach out come on girl reach out for me
reach out reach out.......... just look over your shoulder
I'll be there to give you all the love you need
And I'll be there you can always depend on me
I'll be there to always see you through
I'll be there to love and comfort you