Burn the midnight lamp

Down until the dawn,

I'll keep watch until I'm sure you're coming home.

Shadows play and flicker on the bedroom wall

They turn into a bad dream overnight,

Something could be terribly wrong.

Don't be careless love,

Don't be careless love,

Don't be,don't be careless.



In my dream you're running nowhere

Every step you've taken turns to glue,

Walking down a spiral staircase

Falling through,falling through,

Don't be careless love,

Be careless love.



The lamp burns down and out

I'm getting pretty tired of this,

I feel so bad something might be going amiss,

I won't be there so look out for yourself

You're getting in deep whatever you do,

Don't let me go back to sleep,

Don't be careless love,

Don't be careless love,

Don't be,don't be careless.



Saw your face in the morning paper,

Saw your body rolled up in a rug

Chopped up into two little pieces

By some thug,

Don't be careless love,

Be careless love.



But in the morning light

When I wake up again

You're by my side and that's the way it's always been,

But in the dark your mind plays funny tricks on you,

Your mind plays funny tricks on you,

Your mind plays funny tricks on you,

Don't be careless love.