Burn the midnight lamp   Down until the dawn   I'll keep watch   Until I'm sure your 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   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      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