A matter of trust is a song by billy joel released on july 9 1986 as the second single from his album the bridge the song was the second top 10 single from the album after the previous single modern womanthe song gained major traction in the soviet union as part of a state sponsored television promotion of joels songs in preparation for his 1987 ussr concerts recorded on kontsert. In 1986 billy joel released an album titled the bridge listen to the track a matter of trusthttp smarturlit bj roitb ytiqidytdbjamotalisten to th. Billy joel performing a matter of trust live from a matter of trust the bridge to russialisten to billy joel https billyjoellnkto listenydin the sum. A matter of trust songtext ah 1 ah 2 1 2 3 4 some love is just a lie of the heart the cold remains of what began with a passionate start and they may not want it to end but it will its just a question of when ive lived long enough to have learned the closer you get to the fire the more you get burned