Don't Be Careless Love

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

Don't Be Careless Love (Original Demo) Written by Paul McCartney & Declan MacManus Performed by Paul McCartney & Elvis Costello Produced by Paul McCartney Recorded October 23, 1987, Hog Hill Mill, East Sussex, England Released March 24, 2017 Albums Paul McCartney: Flowers In The Dirt (reissue), 2017 Length 3:43 First known performance:      (0 known performances) Paul McCartney versions Don't Be Careless Love (1988 Demo) Performed by Paul McCartney Produced by Paul McCartney & Elvis Costello Musicians Paul McCartney - lead vocal, backing vocals, bass Elvis Costello - backing vocals Hamish Stuart - guitar, backing vocals Chris Whitten - drums, backing vocals Recorded February 1, 1988, Hog Hill Mill, East Sussex, England Released March 24, 2017 Albums Paul McCartney: Flowers In The Dirt (reissue), 2017 Length 3:24 Don't Be Careless Love Performed by Paul McCartney Produced by Paul McCartney, Elvis Costello, Mitchell Froom & Neil Dorfsman 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 Recorded February 1, 1988 and October 27, 1988, Hog Hill Mill, East Sussex, England Released June 5, 1989 Albums Paul McCartney: Flowers In The Dirt, 1989 Length 3:21

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