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An Innocent Man
by Billy Joel
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Overall Rating:
3.3718
Avg. Critic Score:
3.4667
An Innocent Man Lyrics
Lyrics
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- 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 want to go
- Take me to the action
- Take me to the track
- Take me to a party if they're bettin' in the back
- I've been working all my life
- Can't afford to wait
- Let me call my wife so I can tell her I'll be late
- I want the easy
- Easy money
- Easy money
- I could get lucky
- Oh, things could go right
- I want the easy
- Easy money
- Easy money
- Maybe this one time
- Maybe tonight
- You don't have to try too hard
- I don't need a song and dance
- I don't need an invitation
- If you've got a game of chance
- Take me to the tables
- Take me to the fights
- Run me like the numbers
- Roll me like the dice
- When you're counting on a killing
- Always count me in
- Talk me into losin' just as long as I can win
- I want the easy
- Easy money
- Easy money
- I want the good times
- Oh, I never had
- I want the easy
- Easy money
- I want the good life
- I want it bad
- Easy money
- You say I fool myself
- But better me than being a fool for someone else
- I got a hot slot machine of a system
- Ready to go
- Easy money
- I got a one-track mind
- And a good reputation laying on the line
- I'll either come back a bum or a king
- Baby I don't know
- You don't have to start a fight
- I'm a man who can't say no
- If you've got a little risky business
- Just point me where you want to go
- Take me to the power
- Take me to the heat
- Take me to the cleaners
- If it's open to the street
- Something's got to pay off
- Something's got to break
- Someone's got a fortune that they're begging
- Me to take
- I want the easy
- Easy money
- Easy money
- I could get lucky
- Things could go right
- I want the easy
- Easy money
- Easy money
- Maybe just this time
- Oh maybe tonight
- Easy money
- Oh I don't want no hard cash
- I just want the easy money
- I could get lucky
- Some people stay far away from the door
- If there's a chance of it opening up
- They hear a voice in the hall outside
- And hope that it just passes by
- Some people live with the fear of a touch
- And the anger of having been a fool
- They will not listen to anyone
- So nobody tells them a lie
- I know you're only protecting yourself
- I know you're thinking of somebody else
- Someone who hurt you
- But I'm not above
- Making up for the love
- You've been denying you could ever feel
- I'm not above doing anything
- To restore your faith if I can
- Some people see through the eyes of the old
- Before they ever get a look at the young
- I'm only willing to hear you cry
- Because I am an innocent man
- I am an innocent man
- Oh yes I am
- Some people say they will never believe
- Another promise they hear in the dark
- Because they only remember too well
- They heard somebody tell them before
- Some people sleep all alone every night
- Instead of taking a lover to bed
- Some people find that it's easier to hate
- Than to wait anymore
- I know you don't want to hear what I say
- I know you're gonna keep turning away
- But I've been there and if I can survive
- I can keep you alive
- I'm not above going through it again
- I've not above being cool for a while
- If you're cruel to me I'll understand
- Some people run from a possible fight
- Some people figure they can never win
- And although this is a fight I can lose
- The accused is an innocent man
- I am an innocent man
- Oh yes I am
- An innocent man
- You know you only hurt yourself out of spite
- I guess you'd rather be a martyr tonight
- That's your decision
- But I'm not below
- Anybody I know
- If there's a chance of resurrecting a love
- I'm not above going back to the start
- To find out where the heartache began
- Some people hope for a miracle cure
- Some people just accept the world as it is
- But I'm not willing to lay down and die
- Because I am an innocent man
- I am an innocent man
- Oh yes I am
- An innocent man
- Oh, oh, oh
- For the longest time
- Oh, oh, oh
- For the longest time
- If you said goodbye to me tonight
- There would still be music left to write
- What else could I do
- I'm so inspired by you
- That hasn't happened for the longest time
- Once I thought my innocence was gone
- Now I know that happiness goes on
- That's where you found me
- When you put your arms around me
- I haven't been there for the longest time
- Oh, oh, oh
- For the longest time
- Oh, oh, oh
- For the longest
- I'm that voice you're hearing in the hall
- And the greatest miracle of all
- Is how I need you
- And how you needed me too
- That hasn't happened for the longest time
- Maybe this won't last very long
- But you feel so right
- And I could be wrong
- Maybe I've been hoping too hard
- But I've gone this far
- And it's more than I hoped for
- Who knows how much further we'll go on
- Maybe I'll be sorry when you're gone
- I'll take my chances
- I forgot how nice romance is
- I haven't been there for the longest time
- I had second thoughts at the start
- I said to myself
- Hold on to your heart
- Now I know the woman that you are
- You're wonderful so far
- And it's more than I hoped for
- I don't care what consequence it brings
- I have been a fool for lesser things
- I want you so bad
- I think you ought to know that
- I intend to hold you for the longest time
- Didn't I say
- I wasn't ready for a romance
- Didn't we promise
- We would only be friends
- And so we danced
- Though it was only a slow dance
- I started breaking my promises
- Right there and then
- Didn't I swear
- There would be no complications
- Didn't you want
- Someone who's seen it all before
- Now that you're here
- It's not the same situation
- Suddenly I don't remember the rules anymore
- This night is mine
- It's only you and I
- Tomorrow
- Is a long time away
- This night can last forever
- I've been around
- Someone like me should know better
- Falling in love
- Would be the worst thing I could do
- Didn't I say
- I needed time to forget her
- Aren't you running from someone
- Who's not over you
- How many nights
- Have I been lonely without you
- I tell myself
- How much I really don't care
- How many nights
- Have I been thinking about you
- Wanting to hold you
- But knowing you would not be there
- This night
- You're mine
- It's only you and I
- I'll tell you
- To forget yesterday
- This night we are together
- This night
- Is mine
- It's only you and I
- Tomorrow
- Is such a long time away
- This night can last forever
- Tomorrow
- Is such a long time away
- This night can last forever
- Listen boy
- Don't want to see you let a good thing
- Slip away
- You know I don't like watching
- Anybody make the same mistakes
- I made
- She's a real nice girl
- And she's always there for you
- But a nice girl wouldn't tell you what you should do
- Listen boy
- I'm sure that you think you got it all
- Under control
- You don't want somebody telling you
- The way to stay in someone's soul
- You're a big boy now
- You'll never let her go
- But that's just the kind of thing
- She ought to know
- Tell her about it
- Tell her everything you feel
- Give her every reason to accept
- That you're for real
- Tell her about it
- Tell her all your crazy dreams
- Let her know you need her
- Let her know how much she means
- Listen boy
- It's not automatically a certain guarantee
- To insure yourself
- You've got to provide communication constantly
- When you love someone
- You're always insecure
- And there's only one good way
- To reassure
- Tell her about it
- Let her know how much you care
- When she can't be with you
- Tell her you wish you were there
- Tell her about it
- Every day before you leave
- Pay her some attention
- Give her something to believe
- Cause now and then
- She'll get to worrying
- Just because you haven't spoken
- For so long
- Though you may not have done anything
- Will that be a consolation when she's gone
- Listen boy
- It's good information from a man
- Who's made mistakes
- Just a word or two that she gets from you
- Could be the difference that it makes
- She's a trusting soul
- She's put her trust in you
- But a girl like that won't tell you
- What you should do
- Tell her about it
- Tell her everything you feel
- Give her every reason
- To accept that you're for real
- Tell her about it
- Tell her all your crazy dreams
- Let her know you need her
- Let her know how much she means
- Tell her about it
- Tell her how you feel right now
- Tell her about it
- The girl don't want to wait too long
- You got to tell her about it
- Tell her now and you won't go wrong
- You got to tell her about it
- Before it gets too late
- You got to tell her about it
- You know the girl don't want
- To wait--you got to
- Tell her about it
- Uptown girl
- She's been living in her uptown world
- I bet she never had a back street guy
- I bet her mama never told her why
- I'm gonna try for an uptown girl
- She's been living in her white bread world
- As long as anyone with hot blood can
- And now she's looking for a downtown man
- That's what I am
- And when she knows what
- She wants from her time
- And when she wakes up
- And makes up her mind
- She'll see I'm not so tough
- Just because
- I'm in love with an uptown girl
- You know I've seen her in her uptown world
- She's getting tired of her high class toys
- And all her presents from her uptown boys
- She's got a choice
- Uptown girl
- You know I can't afford to buy her pearls
- But maybe someday when my ship comes in
- She'll understand what kind of guy I've been
- And then I'll win
- And when she's walking
- She's looking so fine
- And when she's talking
- She'll say that she's mine
- She'll say I'm not so tough
- Just because
- I'm in love
- With and uptown girl
- She's been living in her white bread world
- As long as anyone with hot blood can
- And now she's looking for a downtown man
- That's what I am
- Uptown girl
- She's my uptown girl
- You know I'm in love
- With an uptown girl
- My uptown girl
- You know I'm in love
- With an uptown girl
- My uptown girl
- You know I'm in love
- With an uptown girl
- My uptown girl
- Careless talk
- That's what you heard about me
- Jealous talk
- That's what I heard about you
- Everybody's telling lies
- I don't even know why
- Why can't people
- Find something better to do
- Careless talk
- I don't believe what they say
- I heard them talk
- They say you've been putting me down
- In the shadows on the phone
- They won't leave us alone
- They've been talking
- Ever since you came around
- Careless talk
- Telling you I'm doing wrong
- Jealous talk
- Follows wherever you go
- I'm aware of what you heard
- Every terrible word
- Everybody's making believe that they know
- All of the intimate things
- That we ever might have said
- In the heat of a passionate moment
- In a conversation shared
- For the ears of nobody else
- There are some things they will never hear
- There are secrets I'll never tell
- Careless talk
- Going around on the streets
- Jealous talk
- I know how bad it can be
- Let them stand where they fall
- They don't know us at all
- All that talking won't make a difference to me
- Let me tell you a story
- About a woman and a man
- Maybe you will find familiar
- Maybe you won't understand
- The man's name I don't remember
- He was always Joe to me
- But I can't forget the woman
- She was always Christie Lee
- He was working in a night club
- That's where he played the saxophone
- He used to fake to stock arrangements
- He left the customers alone
- But one night before the last song
- About a quarter after three
- He saw her standing at the coat check
- And made his move on Christie Lee
- Christie Lee, Christie Lee
- Christie Lee, Christie Lee
- She was a nice piece of music
- She had a rhythm all her own
- He blew a solo like a blind man
- She really dug his saxophone
- She wanted more than just an encore
- And he could play in every key
- He left the stage and packed his alto
- And he took it home with Christie Lee
- Oh I heard the man knew "the Bird" like the bible
- You know the man could blow an educated axe
- He couldn't see that Christie Lee was a woman
- Who didn't need another lover
- All she wanted was the sax
- It took a while for him to notice
- It took a while for him to see
- He was never in control here
- It was always Christie Lee
- Christie Lee, Christie Lee
- Christie Lee, Christie Lee
- Oh the man took a calculated gamble
- Yes the man had the power to perform
- But Christie Lee was more than he knew how to handle
- She didn't need him as a man
- All she wanted was the horn
- They say that Joe became a wino
- They say he always drinks alone
- They say he stumbles like a blind man
- They say he sold his saxophone
- Even the band must face the music
- That's what the moral is to me
- The only time you hit the high note
- Is when you play for Christie Lee
- Christie Lee, Christie Lee
- Christie Lee, Christie Lee
- Even though I'm in love
- Sometimes I get so afraid
- I'll say something so wrong
- Just to have something to say
- I know the moment isn't right
- To tell the girl a comical line
- To keep the conversation light
- I guess I'm just frightened out of my mind
- But if that's how I feel
- Then it's the best feeling I've even known
- It's undeniably real
- Leave a tender moment alone
- Yes I know I'm in love
- But just when I ought to relax
- I put my foot in my mouth
- Cause I'm just avoiding the facts
- If the girl gets too close
- If I need some room to escape
- When the moment arose
- I'd tell her it's all a mistake
- But that's not how I feel
- No that's not the woman I've known
- She's undeniably real
- So leave a tender moment alone
- But it's not only me
- Breaking down when the tension gets high
- Just when I'm in a serious mood
- She is suddenly quiet and shy
- Leave a tender moment
- Leave it alone
- I know the moment isn't right
- To hold my emotions inside
- To change the attitude tonight
- I've run out of places to hide
- And if that's how I feel
- Then it's the best feeling I've even known
- It's undeniably real
- Leave a tender moment alone
- You got to leave a tender moment alone
- Leave a tender moment
- Leave it alone
- You've got to leave a tender moment
- Leave a tender moment alone
- If it seems like I've been lost
- In let's remember
- If you think I'm feeling older
- And missing my younger days
- Oh, then you should have known
- Me much better
- Cause my past is something that never
- Got in my way
- Oh no
- Still I would not be here now
- If I never had the hunger
- And I'm not ashamed to say
- The wild boys were my friends
- Oh
- Cause I never felt the desire
- 'Til their music set me on fire
- And then I was saved, yeah
- That's why I'm keeping the faith
- Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
- Keeping the faith
- We wore matador boots
- Only Flagg Brothers had them with the Cuban heel
- Iridescent socks with the same color shirt
- And a tight pair of chinos
- Oh
- I put on my shark skin jacket
- You know the kind with the velvet collar
- And ditty-bop shades
- Oh yeah
- I took a fresh pack of Luckies
- And a mint called Sen-Sen
- My old man's Trojans
- And his Old Spice after shave
- Oh
- Combed my hair in a pompadour
- Like the rest of the Romeos wore
- A permanent wave
- Yeah
- We were keeping the faith
- Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
- Keeping the faith
- You can get just so much
- From a good thing
- You can linger too long
- In your dreams
- Say goodbye to the
- Oldies but goodies
- Cause the good ole days weren't
- Always good
- And tomorrow ain't as bad as it seems
- Learned stickball as a formal education
- Lost a lot of fights
- But it taught me how to lose O.K.
- Oh
- I heard about sex
- But not enough
- I found you could dance
- And still look tough anyway
- Oh yes I did
- I found out a man ain't just being macho
- Ate an awful lot of late night drive-in food
- Drank a lot of take-home pay
- I thought I was the Duke of Earl
- When I made it with a red-haired girl
- In the Chevrolet
- Oh yeah
- We were keeping the faith
- Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
- Keeping the faith
- You know the good ole days weren't
- Always good
- And tomorrow ain't as bad as it seems
- Now I told you my reasons
- For the whole revival
- Now I'm going outside to have
- An ice cold beer in the shade
- Oh
- I'm going to listen to my 45's
- Ain't it wonderful to be alive
- When the rock 'n' roll plays
- Yeah
- When the memory stays
- Yeah
- I'm keeping the faith
- Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
- Keeping the faith
- I'm keeping the faith
- Yes I am
- All songs--Words & Music by: Billy Joel
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