“We were walking in the city and I remember seeing an old lady sweeping the street and I said, ‘Dad it’s kind of sad that that poor old woman has to do that kind of work.’ He said, ‘No, she has a job, she feels useful, she has a place in our society,’” Joel recalls. Soon after, during a walk around the city with him, Joel was struck with the inspiration for his song of the same name. I make lyrics videos only to promote the artists, song and the team. Upon hearing this news, Joel went to visit his estranged father in Vienna. Billy Joel The Stranger 1977 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment Released on. Billy Joel - Vienna (Lyric Video) I do not own any of the song in the videos.
When I did my first tour of Europe, I was in my early 20s, and I was looking for him… I got word that my father was working in an office in Vienna, Austria. “He went back to Europe and I pretty much never heard from the guy again,” Joel said in a 2008 interview. When Joel was a child, his father and mother split with Helmut, returning to Europe-Vienna, Austria to be specific. In this song, Joel’s perspective on getting older almost entirely stems from hearing his father’s take on aging. His father, born Helmut Joel in Germany (he later adopted the name Howard), was a pianist and businessman who felt out of place in the United States. F G You better cool it off before you burn it out Eb You got so much to do Bb C D And only so many hours in a day Eb F But you know that when the truth is told Bb A G F That you can get what you want or you can just get old Eb You're gonna kick off D G C Before you even get halfway through ooooh oooh F When will you realize F Bb Vienna waits.
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