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Leave A Tender Moment Alone Lyrics

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 quite and shy

Leave a tender moment alone
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 alone
Leave it alone
You got to leave a tender moment alone
Leave a tender moment alone
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Cover art for Leave A Tender Moment Alone lyrics by Billy Joel

I'll go out on a limb, since nobody else has... too good of a song to pass. Seems like it's describing the way a person tends to freak out and sometimes screw up when spending time with the special person, especially when things are just starting. Puts to words the stuff going through your head at that moment.

I agree. And, BTW, I LOVE your screen name. (Then again I am partial to the sax.). Another good Joel song (but there are SOOOO many). New relationships can be scary. Nobody wants to mess up. I remember my first date with Tom (8 yrs my senior when I was in college). After an entire night of first double dating for pizza and then hanging out at his house listening to music, he told me he intentionally allowed me to have a chive stuck to my front tooth the entire evening. He thought it was funny:) I was mortified being...

Cover art for Leave A Tender Moment Alone lyrics by Billy Joel

i think its abou his self-consousness while dating a great girl

@yoTIMyo I agree. Especially when you're on the first or second date and trying to impress her.

 
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