Don`t Be Careless Love — текст песни (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