(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