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 now Don't be, don't be careless now In my dreams you're running nowhere Every step you take is left to glue Walking down the spiral staircase Falling through, falling through Don't be careless now, be careless now My lamp burns down and out I'm getting pretty tired of this I feel so bad Something might be going on me I won't be there So look out for yourself Getting in deep, whatever you do Don't let me go back to sleep Don't be careless now Be careless now Don't be, don't be careless now Saw your face in the morning paper Saw your body rolled up in the rug Rolled up in two little wings and flies on a bug Don't be careless now, be careless now But in the morning light When I wake up again You're by my side Just 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 Be careless now