Joel, Billy - Careless Talk Lyrics

Everybody's making believe that they know all the intimate things, that we ever might have said.

0:00 Geez I almost thought he was going to start singing bad romance

Don't forget about producer Phil Ramone

Yah yah yah
Yah yah yaaaaah

Happy birthday Billy Joel!

For one second I thought it was Lady Gaga

Careless Talk

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 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 street
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

This is like Billy Joel going back to the 1950's.

Killer harmonies on this track

Grew up in France with this music!

I like the person with the low voice in the background

It's Billy himself. He does a lot f the chorus in these album.

Yah me too!

SOUND OF LONG ISLAND!

one of the greatest albums ever. every song is a classic.

I s2g theres not a single bad song off of An Innocent Man, im in love

That's because Billy Joel doesn't MAKE bad songs.

I think this is the best singing Billy Joel has ever done in a song.

Musical god--a song that never got released but could have. After he made several amazing rock n roll albums, he made one of the best r n b and doo wop records...not sure this type of genius will come around again.

Technically speaking it was released at the very least on 45. I have it on vinyl as the B side to Uptown Girl

Bought this album in 2016. I'm 32 years too late, but it was a very wise choice! Love this song!

Great artist and somewhat underrated

kdunstfan1 GREATLY underrated

Uhhh how is he underrated? He’s considered one of the greatest singers ever in many people’s eyes.

Underrated? No way. No one in or out of the music business thinks that.

Gamer Peanut He’s considered won of the best lyrical writers to have lived, yet he is severely underrated for his quality of music. I just don’t understand how some of the other artists of his time were more famous than him.

Nice Boots man!!

Only flag brothers have them with the cuban heel

Billy Joel is the MAN! Hands down!!!

The *innocent* man

The Piano Man

Perhaps the all-time over-the-top exhibition of what you can do with a bridge if you really want to . . . (Starting about 1:49)

+Dan Shanahan great observation danman! this is one of my favourtie albums ever... it was in my parents record collection since I was 2... for some reason they didnt like it but I forced them to play it again and again... still love to listen to it.. as I'm doing here today! BJ is one of the greatest..what he did between 76 and 82 with that fabulous band he had...

I was in Sacramento when this album came out  but, when I got back to LA me and my co-workers use to harmonize to this song I sang bass on this it was fun back then 80 s music the best tmes

It's like waking up in 1955. The radio goes off and it's just playing on Que. Quite Delicious, really :-)

an innocent man: pop music masterclass!!!

Billy Joel is the freakin best, y'all. 

Sadly, many people don't agree with us :'c

Max Pankau - Yeah he is!

Heck yeah!

magic song, oh so beautiful love the beat to this very hard hitting too. massive billy joel fan. true about careless talk goes everywhere you go.

Love this album!  Probably my 2nd favorite Billy Joel album.  I'm a HUGE Billy Joel fan and his music is just timeless.  It's hard to believe this album came out almost 31 years ago!

Brought this vinyl back in October. One of the best choices I've ever made.

Sounds so nice, more like a tune you'd hear in a wedding with those bells

My first hearing of this song was nearly 30 years ago in a New Jersey diner, purely by accident as I was looking for "Uptown Girl" after putting 50 cents in the jukebox.

It was the choice right below Uptown Girl if I remember correctly.

The original year is 1984 (CBS).

This is a great song, you really are the Best~

Great song, not sure I've ever heard it before! D:

I apologize ~ Forgive Moi~ Please.