don t be careless love

Elvis Costello

(McCartney/MacManus)
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
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

Don t be careless love