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.

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INNOCENCE OF LOVE

INNOCENCE OF LOVE is one of Jeff Silverman’s previously unreleased artist songs, originally written and recorded in the early 1980s, now remastered and placed in the motion picture AVERAGE JOE (The Unwavering True Story), courtesy of GPS Songs.

Within the first ten minutes of the film, the song accompanies a tender scene portraying “love at first sight” between Joe (Eric Close) and Denise (Amy Acker) as children. The track captures the innocence and excitement of their early bond, laying the foundation for a lifelong relationship.

Jeff wrote the lyrics and co-wrote the music with Mitchell Froom, whom he first met in the late 1970s at Sound City Studios. At the time, Mitchell was playing keyboards on David LaFlamme’s solo albums while Jeff was working on his own solo project with Bill Drescher. Froom later produced the first three Crowded House albums and worked with artists including The Bangles, Los Lobos, The Corrs, Elvis Costello, Sheryl Crow, Suzanne Vega and Paul McCartney.

THE VAULT CONNECTION

Now included as a digital-only bonus track in the expanded FROM THE VAULT II Collector’s Edition. It is not part of the physical CD track sequence — another discovery from Jeff’s personal archive, opening a new door into the music and stories surrounding the Vault

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
Performed by: Jeff Silverman
Keyboards by: Mitchell Froom
Vocals, Guitars, Bass, Drums, Mixed, and Mastered by: Jeff Silverman
Palette Music • Studio • Productions, Nashville / Mt Juliet, TN
Video by: Markey Blue Productions
Cover Image generated by: OpenArt ai / modified by DLS Graphics
 
Special thanks to Debra Lyn, Alby Odum and Lance Gehl

Released September 16, 2024 • License: All rights reserved