Jeff Silverman
Jeff Silverman is a seasoned producer, engineer, songwriter, and former Motown staff writer, boasting nearly 40 years of experience in the music industry. Known as Jeff Alan, he penned and performed the memorable theme song for “Losin’ It,” featuring Tom Cruise and Shelley Long. Throughout his illustrious career, Jeff has collaborated with renowned artists like Rick Springfield and The Allman Brothers. His extensive discography showcases a variety of film and TV placements, along with captivating covers that span from the 70s to the present day. Jeff proudly serves as a voting member of NARAS, SAG-AFTRA, and NPN.
INNOCENCE OF LOVE
INNOCENCE OF LOVE was written & recorded in 1985 and has just been remastered. It was recently placed in the upcoming major motion picture AVERAGE JOE, hitting theaters on October 11, 2024. I hope to include other songs of mine that I sang, and possibly some tracks featuring several incredible melodic rock singers (TBD), all from the same time period. The collection will be called “From The Vault II (A collection of works by Jeff Silverman).”
The first “From The Vault (A collection of works by Rick Springfield and Jeff Silverman)” was released in 2010 on Frontiers Records. It was never released in North America.
I wrote the lyrics and co-wrote the music with Mitchell Froom. He and I first met at Sound City Studios in the late ’70s when he was playing keyboards on David LaFlamme’s solo albums. At the time, I was also at Sound City working on my solo project with Bill Drescher, which led to our meeting and collaboration on this song.
Mitchell went on to produce the first three Crowded House albums and has worked with artists such as The Bangles, Los Lobos, The Corrs, Elvis Costello, Sheryl Crow, Suzanne Vega, and Paul McCartney.
LYRICS
Verse 1:
Where is the child inside this wall (inside these walls)
Where are the tears that never seem to fall
It’s easy to be hard without love at all (without you here at all)
Until you came back to me
Until you just made me see
Chorus:
We have the Innocence of love
We hold the Innocence of love
The simple words from the heart
The honesty that love starts
Lets not let the innocence ever part
From our love
Verse 2:
So lets get back to the basics tonight (tonight, tonight)
I feel it’s time for the time to be right, to show you
These moments together are as precious as life
We’re two hearts in a burnin’ glow
We’re two hearts young enough to know
Chorus:
We have the Innocence of love
We hold the Innocence of love
The simple words from the heart
The honesty that love starts
Lets not let the innocence ever part
Bridge:
It’s back to living with simplicity
Back to touchin’ each other so tenderly
That’s the way things should be
Chorus:
We have the Innocence of love
We hold the Innocence of love
The simple words from the heart
The honesty that love starts
Lets not let the innocence ever part
We have the Innocence of love
We hold the Innocence of love
We are the Innocence of love
We give the Innocence of love
We live the Innocence of love
credits
Lyrics by: Jeff Silverman
Music by: Mitchell Froom and Jeff Silverman
Keyboards by: Mitchell Froom
Vocals, Guitars, Bass, Drums, Mixed, and Mastered by: Jeff Silverman
Palette Music • Studio • Productions, Nashville / Mt Juliet, TN
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