[Verse 1]
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

[Chorus]
Don't be careless love[x2]
Don't be, don't be careless

[Verse 2]
In my dream you're running nowhere
Every step you've taken turns to glue
Walking down a spiral staircase
Failing through, failing 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
[Chorus]

[Verse 3]
Saw your face in the morning paper
Saw your body rolled up in a rug
Chopped up into two little pieces
By some thug

[Chorus]
Don't be careless love
Be careless love

[Verse 4]
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[x3]

[Outro]
Don't be careless love