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 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 afraid of going through
it again. I'm not above being cool for awhile,
if you're cruel to me, I'll understand...

Some people run from a possible fight,
some people figure they can just never win.
And although this is a fight I can lose,
the accused is an Innocent Man.
I Am... an Innocent Man.
OhyesIam... an Innocent Man...
an Innocent Man.

Some people see through the eyes of the old
before they ever get a look at the young...

Some people hope for a miracle cure,
some people just accept the world as it is...

But I'm not willing to lay down and die
because I am an Innocent Man.

~Billy Joel (1983)