Leave a Tender Moment Alone is the fifth single released from Billy Joel’s album An Innocent Man.
The song was an homage to Smokey Robinson and the Miracles.
It peaked at #27 on the Billboard Hot 100 and topped Billboard’s Adult Contemporary chart for two weeks in September of 1984.
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 arrives
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
(Leave a tender moment 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, oh
Leave a tender moment alone
Ah (Leave a tender moment alone)
You got to leave a tender moment alone
(Leave a tender moment alone)
Leave a tender moment
Leave it alone
(Leave a tender moment alone)
You've got to leave a tender moment
(Leave a tender moment alone)
Leave a Tender Moment Alone was written by Billy Joel.
Leave a Tender Moment Alone was produced by Phil Ramone.