Released: November 19, 2013
Songwriter: Billy Joel
Producer: Adam Anders Peer Åström Ryan Murphy
[RYDER]
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's 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
And although this is a fight I can lose
The accused is an innocent man
I am an innocent man
Oh yes I am
I am an innocent man
Oh yes I am
An innocent man
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's 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
And although this is a fight I can lose
The accused is an innocent man
I am an innocent man
Oh yes I am
I am an innocent man
Oh yes I am
An innocent man
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- Bust Your Windows
- Empire State of Mind
- Smooth Criminal
- The Boy is Mine
- Poker Face
- Let Me Love You (Until You Learn to Love Yourself)
- Stereo Hearts
- Mine
- Rumour Has It / Someone Like You
- Marry You
- Halo / Walking on Sunshine
- New York State of Mind
- Telephone
- A Thousand Years
- Keep Holding On
- Survivor / I Will Survive
- Teenage Dream
- Forget You
- Billionaire
- It’s My Life / Confessions Part II
- Born This Way
- Uptown Girl
- Imagine
- Without You