One Final Serenade: Songs of Billy Joel
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Leave A Tender Moment Alone - Videos Page
(An Innocent Man) (1983) |
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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 ever 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 ever 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 
Billy Joel and Toots Thielemans at The Blue Note. Photo: Dino Perrucci.
Billy on "Leave A Tender Moment Alone" (audio)
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Toots Thielemans accompanies Billy Joel on "Leave A Tender Moment Alone" during Billy's 1983-1984 tour.
Toots Thielemans performs "Leave A Tender Moment Alone" on Late Night with David Letterman from the mid 1980s.
You can see a snippet of Natalie Cole singing "Leave A Tender Moment Alone" at the MusiCares show in 2002 at 1:45, a nice jazzy version; wish it was complete, and Stevie Wonder at 2:22 with "Just The Way You Are."
Billy helps Toots Thielemans celebrate his 80th birthday at The Blue Note on April 20, 2002. They played several standards.
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Toots Thielemans covers "Honesty" on his 1979 album, Ample Dimple.
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Toots Thieleman's most famous song is probably "Bluesette."
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Billy said "Leave A Tender Moment" alone shared a similar rhythm to Burt Bacharach songs such as"What The World Needs Now" (sung by Jackie DeShannon, above) . . .
. . . but I think it is more like Bacharach's "Close To You" with the lilting syncopated piano. Here are The Carpenters singing "Close To You."
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. . .and "Walk on By" by Dionne Warwick who sang many Bachrach songs. Bacharach and Hal David composed a string of hits in the 1960s and 1970s.
This is my favorite Bacharach/David song "I Say A Little Prayer (For You)"
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