Because the Night (Live at Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY - December 1980) - Bruce Springsteen

Thank you Slow down, you crazy child You're so ambitious for a juvenile But then if you're so smart Well, tell me why are you 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 Hey But you know that when the truth is told 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 all right, you can afford to lose a day or two Ooh When will you realize Vienna waits for you? As you know that when the truth is told You can get what you want or you can just get old You're gonna kick off before you even get halfway through Ooh So, why don't you realize Vienna waits for you? When will you realize Vienna waits for you?

I taught the weepin' willow how to cry, cry, cry And I showed the clouds how to cover up a clear blue sky And the tears I cried for that woman, are gonna flood you, big river And I'm gonna sit right here until I die (Willie Nelson) I met her accidentally in St. Paul Minnesota, And it tore me up every time I heard her drawl, southern drawl Then I heard my dream went back downstream cavortin' in Davenport, And I followed you, big river, when she called. (Kris Kristofferson) Oh she took me to St. Louis later on, down the river A freighter said, "She's been here, but she's gone, boy, she's gone" And I found her trail in Memphis, but she just walked up the block. Raised a few eyebrows and went on down alone. (Waylon Jennings) Well, I pulled into Natchez, next day down the river But there wasn't much there to make the rounders stay very long. When I left it was rainin' so nobody saw me cry. Big river, why she doin' me this way? (Johnny Cash, lead and all the others, harmony) Now won't you batter down by Baton Rouge, River Queen, roll it on Take that woman on down to New Orleans, New Orleans Go on, I've had enough; dump my blues down in the gulf She loves you, big river, more than me (Nelson, 1st line; Kristofferson, 2nd line; Jennings, 3rd line; Cash 4th line) I taught the weepin' willow how to cry, cry, cry And I showed the clouds how to cover up a clear blue sky And the tears I cried for that woman, are gonna flood you, big river And I'm gonna sit right here until I die