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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
Falling through, falling 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 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
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Background:
This song is unreleased by Elvis Costello, but a McCartney/Costello demo version appears on the bootleg The McCartney/MacManus Collaboration.
First known performance:
none
Paul McCartney version
| Performed by | Paul McCartney |
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| Produced by | Paul McCartney, Elvis Costello, Mitchell Froom & Neil Dorfsman |
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| Musicians | Paul McCartney - lead vocal, harmonies, bass, acoustic guitar, tambourine, finger snaps
Hamish Stuart - guitar, harmonies, tambourine
Chris Whitten - drums, harmonies
Mitchell Froom - keyboards
Elvis Costello - keyboards, harmonies |
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| Albums | Paul McCartney: Flowers In The Dirt, 1989 |
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| Length | 3:17 |
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